Taking a few moments to appreciate what’s already here and now can quickly get you out of any ‘funk’ and help invite more happiness, wealth, and success into your life. It’s SO important to take a few moments every day, week, or month and write down what you’re grateful for in the present moment.
Sometimes, it can be easy for the mind to dwell on what’s going wrong, the money that’s not there, the stress, or the worry. But when we do, we are closing ourselves off from the unlimited abundance, peace, and joy that is readily available and waiting for us… It’s just waiting for an opening. And doing these gratitude exercises will help you OPEN to receive more and help you feel more appreciation and gratitude for everything that’s already present in your life.
It’s a very transformational practice… And I’m inviting you today to do it with me! Take a few moments and watch the short video down below first…
Ok, so here’s my Gratitude List… I’m SO grateful for:
1. Being an entrepreneur and having the opportunity to be creative with my work.
2. The unlimited opportunities for personal growth in my business and life.
3. The current projects I’m working on and how they have the potential to impact the lives of so many people.
4. My amazing online community that I appreciate so much.
5. My family and the supportive friends I have in my life.
6. My beautiful home.
7. My relationships with other like-minded entrepreneurs who inspire and empower me.
8. My mentors who help to guide me and give me great advice.
9. My healthy body that supports me.
10. The opportunity to eat well everyday.
11. My intelligence.
12. Being able to live in San Diego and appreciate it’s beauty and amazing weather.
13. The money and abundance that continues to flow into my life.
14. The opportunities to give back, donate, and help others who are less fortunate.
15. The Internet, social media, and technology that allows me to make an income from home.
16. Synchronicities, Divine guidance, and my intuition.
17. My self-awareness, emotional maturity, and strength.
18. My connection to Spirit.
19. All of the love and support that is present in my life right now.
20. Following my true life’s calling and purpose.
Ahhhh, yes! Life is beautiful and I’m so grateful for every facet of it! So how about you? What are you grateful for in this very moment? I would love to hear from you, so please share a few things you’re grateful for in the comment box down below. And make sure to re-tweet or FB this post so we can keep the gratitude train going!
I APPRECIATE YOU! Thank you for sharing your energy with me here today!
In Appreciation,
April 7th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Thank you thank you thank you!!! You are all so AWESOME for sharing your gratitude lists with us today
It was so inspiring for me to read through all of your comments… I’m grateful for and appreciate each and every one of you!!
April 30th, 2010 at 3:19 am
wow katie…how very amazing…i’m sooo very grateful 2 always feel like i’m dancing with the universe and how it seems that i am continuously in the right place at the right time…all the time…i have very many things i am grateful 4 in this very moment…simply saying i am grateful 2 u…because it is this moment i am sharing with you…and every moment goes into the next and i will be grateful in those moments 2…i most definately feel 2 mention that i am thankful 2 the universe in guiding me in my intuition 2 come across liz green’s path…and every since 2 feel i am right next 2 her in this journey of life…my life has opened up…and i will never be the same…connection is a very real thing…and distance in miles is a horizon right in front of all of our eyes…im thankful and grateful…2 have come across this video”RIGHT NOW”…and grateful that every “RIGHT NOW”…moment seems 2 be one 2 appreciate..thank you 4 sharing and adding me as a friend…i am honored ;0)
have a beautiful day
jen
April 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Thanks Katie they are awesome tips. My life works much better when I am practicing gratitude daily. Two things I am grateful for are my awesome husband and the beautiful part of Australia I live in.
Sue
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April 7th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
thanks for the reminder to take a deep breath and recognize who showed up today! gratitude is such a powerful practice. my special thanks today go to : I also got to eat lunch on the grass in the sun …. ahh. cheers!
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April 8th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Katie,
This was great and we really appreciate what you have to offer. Thank you so very much. Also, I would like to congradulate Jonathan on winning Mike’s ride. Good going you two.
April 9th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
I’m thankful for all the wonderful people in my life, including you Katie, and many others, number one being my wife with whom I walk every step of The Way.
But MOST of all… most of all because from this I have gained the most: Adversity.
I have never achieved anything from desire, but always from striving to overcome challenges and adversities.
Thanks to the Universe… the Great Mystery Unknown… for giving me exactly the adversities I required for my growth at any given time…
and for the ability to respond positively to these adversities.
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April 9th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Hi Katie,
I don’t know how you manage to read my mind so often!!! This is just
what I’ve been working with and thinking about lately.
I’m so grateful for my health, my creativity, my personal strength and the many opportunities that continue to enrich my life with abundance..
Mostly I’m grateful for my two amazing sons, my husband and stepdaughter…wiithout them all the rest of the wonderful things in my life
would have much less meaning.
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April 10th, 2010 at 1:45 am
Kia Ora Katie, I am truely grateful for
1. My friend Kath introducing myself to your website
2. the Lord God allowing to share this beautiful day with him
3. My beautiful home
4. My darling husband
5. enjoy a beautiful and reliable car
6. been able to be in a business that I love, and enjoy
7. Having the intellegence to know my weeknesses and working on them each and everyday.
8. Knowing the emotional rollercoaster of life in general, having the strength to climb out of the down slides alot faster.
9. Been able to help others achieve there goals and dreams.
10.Having a network of knowledge, encouraging, uplifting people I can access to anytime day of night.
11. My laptop allows me to work anywhere, anytime, anyhow.
12. My Vidoe phone that I can use at my disposal anywhere around the world
13. My hearing, listening to beautiful music, voices, sounds
14. My sense of direction
15. Been more aware of my surroundings, adapting
16. Able to find ways to improve my communication skills
17. Having healthy financial accounts to use, expand, increase substancially.
18. My eye sight
19. To cook awesome chocolate and banana cakes.
20. Just to discover me and be me!!!!!
15.
April 10th, 2010 at 11:19 am
This is so powerful Katie. I know that doing this everyday can dramatically change the perception of a person. Gratitude is something that can change what someone is thinking and feeling.
Thanks Katie. I haven’t done this fo a while and I too think that this is something I need to do.
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April 10th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Great stuff Katie!
I really like #20… “Following my true life’s calling and purpose.” The fact that you “Know” what that is for yourself is awesome since most people will never get to that understanding in their life!
Thanks and keep the great articles coming!
Allen
April 11th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Let me tell you Katie what I did just now, ok. I opened my mail and saw your subject I APPRECIATE and instantly felt good just to know that there was someone else in the world that believes in this. Yes, it made me feel well and grateful that you posted your gratitude list for others to read. I can not see your video for my old computer is a dud (adobe disfunctional) but can read and can understand, that there is always something I can be grateful for.
April 11th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
I love gratitude list… this is my morning ritual. So powerful for changing our old paradigms.
Thanks
April 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Wow, thank you for sharing this with us Katie! I have done this before, but its been a long time since. I know that doing this everyday can really change our attidudes for the better!
Here goes:
I am thankful for:
My parents
A successful move into a new area
All of my friends and loved ones who have helped me become who I am today
My little brother Dylan, who puts a smile on my face everday
And many more!
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April 12th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
One of my favorite quotes about gratitude is: “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “Thank you,” that would suffice.” (Meister Eckhart). Just feel how your heart expands when you say “thank you, thank you, thank you!” It truly is a heart expander and a life-enhancer— and like you said, Katie, there are actually studies that confirm that gratitude creates a specific energy that affects our bodies in a positive way! In the movie What the Bleep Do We Know, Dr. Emoto used high-speed photographs to show that crystals in frozen water had different forms, depending on the kind of energy that was directed toward the water…. positive (love/thanks) energy caused a beautiful crystalline structure to form, and negative (hate) energy caused the form to become completey random, almost ‘ugly’! Combine that with the fact that our bodies are 70-80% water… and I think I’ll take the pattern of love and thanks
Here’s my ‘short’ list:
1) I am grateful for the knowledge of what being grateful does for our bodies and our souls;
2) I am grateful for my two beautiful children
3) I am grateful for my incredible husband and best friend
4) I am grateful to be able to experience this life
I agree that it’s very beneficial to make a longer list, but honestly this short-one brings a smile to my face everytime.
Thanks for a reminder about how much gratitude impacts our lives, Katie!
April 14th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Hey Katie,
Yes it is good to write down a list of things to be thanful for. We get soo caught up in our everyday lives trying to stay one step ahead that we forget the blessing we have been given #1 of these is Good Health! That cannot be purchased at any price! Keep up the great work….
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April 18th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
my list
1 to have the chance to spend a year abroad
2 to knowing amazing people for diferent country ( china ,france ,irenland ,spain ,germany …°
3 to be les an les scare about the future because i know i can do everithing
4 do try do do what i really want an do it
5 be in a good shape
6 my ability to speack with people i didn’t no
7 my motivation who push me every time
8 to start to close the negative voice you always say i not able to do it you are stupid you are a looser …
9 my ability sometime to thinking about nothing and just enjoy the moment
10 the luck to can choose my life
11 to can easily talk in public an catch the atention
12 be funny
13 have the luck to win the ireland ruby college championship
14 have lot of friend you understand me trust me and alway help me if i need it
15to love the beauty of the nature
16 to love rugby and enjoy give everything in the pitch
17 to start to seduce girl even tought if its realy hard for me because i alway thinking i going to bored her
18 to be in life
19 to discover personel development you hel so much to enjoy life
sory for all the mistake in english i am french student you study in ireland
my favorite quotes there are always flower for those who whant to see them
April 19th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Let me tell you Katie what I did just now, ok. I opened my mail and saw your subject I APPRECIATE and instantly felt good just to know that there was someone else in the world that believes in this. Yes, it made me feel well and grateful that you posted your gratitude list for others to read. I can not see your video for my old computer is a dud (adobe disfunctional) but can read and can understand, that there is always something I can be grateful for.
April 21st, 2010 at 11:22 am
Everytime I come to your blog, I find wonderful articles that make you think and make us become a little more smarter than we came. It has been a long time that I have not shown my gratitude. I made my list and I have share it with the people in my life.
I thank God, for giving me life and to be able to be here today.
Thank you for your wisdom and sharing it with us.
Juan
April 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hello Everyone !!!
I Am Grateful For:
1. My Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, who have truly blessed me.
2. My Beautiful Wife who loves me for who I am (i hope:).
3. My three Wonderful children who will eventually take over:(
4. My Mother who have been my Inspiration since child birth.
5. My Toshiba laptops, which enables me to Connect with Katie;)
By the way, my love for God is a relationship; not a religion!
V/R,
Benne J. Clark
Providing Solutions
July 16th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Amen! Isn’t it awesome to build that relationship with our Lord!
April 24th, 2010 at 2:36 am
I am truly grateful to have had the luck for Yaro Starak to pass me onto such a wonderful opportunity. Now I have Katie too, she provides wonderful insight into internet creation and has helped me follow my goals in the online world.
Thanks Katie
Marty Ware
ps: I love the law off attraction insights here!
April 24th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Hi Katie, you’re doing great things. I hope you don’t mind, I did one of these of my own and put it on my blog as well.
I thought it was a really great idea and I linked to your twitter AND blog. Thanks for everything and I look forward to talking to you more about the tribe this coming up week. I really want to get that file. God Bless, Curt
Curt Bizelli´s last blog ..An Attitude of Gratitude – An Exercise To Assist You in Manifesting More Happiness and Abundance in Your Life
April 25th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Very thankful for the knowledge that’s being shared. I am thankful this moment now. Very thankful for the opportunity to move forward in life. Very thankful to you Katie for sharing such an abundance of information. Looking forward to learning more!
Blessings,
Denise
April 25th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
This is great Katie! We all appreciate YOU!
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April 25th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Hi Katie
I love your gratitude list! I am an absolute firm believe in the power of gratitude and forgiveness. In fact, these are the two most common messages I share with all of my clients in therapy and coaching.
I love your blog and everything that you do! I hope one day to have the chance to get to know you better. You are so young and so self-aware and I LOVE IT!!
Colette
April 26th, 2010 at 2:42 am
Greetings Katie..
I just finished reading your “Social Media Wealth Manifesto”. Thank you, thank you for sharing all this value..
)
I totally understand now
I also have a burning desire to help other people, and I have been experience some transforming lessons in my life as well.
The law of attraction and the law of allowance has been a big part of my life some years..
I want to sign up for your newsletter but keep getting this message:
404 | Page Not Found!
Sorry, but the page you were looking for is not here.
Just tought I let you know..
Again thank you for sharing, and looking forward to connecting with you..
I tweet and tweet and tweet
Love and Light
Siv Cathrin
April 29th, 2010 at 3:39 am
Great! As you can see form my blog, Gratitude is my daily practice. Gratitude only can shift your life experience to the next level, letting you being te blessed being that you are supposed to be… Thank you!
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May 12th, 2010 at 4:59 am
I’m thankful for every time a piece of glass is replace in my house with a piece of stone or rock. Windows I like. Nobody like living in an all glass house. Grateful when the fragile
gets replaced with empowerment and strength to be, to do, to give, to live, to truly live. I’m thankful for you, your sharing and your caring. Your gentle and strong, simple yet wise, you sound alot like Jonathan Budd, gifted to communicate to the heart.
May 21st, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Hey Katie,
I bought a gorgeous journal about a month ago with gold foil on the front spelling out the word “Begin.” I thought it was so apropos. I didn’t know what I was beginning, but it reminded me that each and every day is a new beginning, every breath we take. I will start keeping my gratitude list in that book.
Off the top of my head, I’m so grateful for the 17 pounds of fluffy, furry love that comes scurrying over to sit on my lap and purrrr at me while I watch videos on the internet!
~ Sukie
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May 24th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Hi Katie,
This is wonderful, it is nice to take a step back when we feel we are not achieving and really appreciate what we have!
I am always so incredibly grateful for my beautiful healthy family, and very grateful for having stumbled upon a Jonathan Budd video and what it has presented to me in these past 2-3 weeks! Just so grateful. Looking forward to writing my list, thank you Katie
Sharon Whyte
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May 26th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
If you think about it, we live better than kings did a thousand years ago. On a hot day you can sit in an air conditioned room and stay cool. Then you can watch a movie or show on hi definition TV while surfing the internet. Then when we want to eat we can just call up a pizza place and have many different things delivered like an eggplant parmesian sandwich.
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June 1st, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Grattitude is a wonderful key that provides fantastic benefits. It’s the source that provides our energy to connect with the creator.
Thanks for sharing this with everyone.
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June 6th, 2010 at 7:53 am
I love doing this exercise. When doing it, it puts me in a place where worries have no power anymore, only the power of love is expressed. I was about to talk about this on my blog and here I find your post on it. Isn’t it wonderful how the law of attraction works!
Linda´s last blog ..Self-Leadership Principle #3: Don’t Listen To Your Mind, Celebrate Each Success
June 7th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Great post, Katie! I am grateful for:
- My family
- My friends
- My health (both mental and physical!)
- My country (Thank you, USA, for my freedoms!)
- All the opportunities that stretch out before me in life!
We all need reminders to be grateful, here’s to the beautiful things in life!
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June 19th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
hy katie,
this is such a genius topic, its so important to keep in mind what we have already achived – what we should be proud of:
-great health
-wonderful loving people around me
-my ambition
-willpower
-flat
-mindset
-my willpower to help other people
-goals
-dreams
-teamspirit
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July 6th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Hey Katie,
This is amazing! I honestly cannot tell
you the difference feeling gratitude has
made in my own life and it has truly
made me realize how lucky we are as human
beings to be blessed with the abilities
that we have.
I think the biggest thing that people have
to remember is to make sure that they
feel grateful for what they already have
instead of focusing on what they don`t
have. The feeling of gratitude is
extremely powerful and ultimately attracts
more into your life.
Thanks for sharing this and have a great day!
See you at the top,
Michael Stead
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July 22nd, 2010 at 3:26 am
Hi Katie A bit thank you for the wonderful information on your blog. I’m a beginner with blogs but have some great ideas to start a fresh one. I’m so grateful for technology and what it can do for us. Am also grateful for my warm snuggly bed on these cold winter nights. And so grateful for my ability to prepare myself some delicious meals to nourish my body and keep it well.
August 26th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Hi Katie!
Wow, this is an amazing list! I especially love this:”…it can be easy for the mind to dwell on what’s going wrong, the money that’s not there, the stress, or the worry. But when we do, we are closing ourselves off from the unlimited abundance, peace, and joy that is readily available and waiting for us.” I couldn’t agree more! I am grateful for so many things in my life too, and yes, I will list them them as often as I can. Really awesome post!
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