A daily practice of gratitude is one simple way to give yourself a painless attitude adjustment because it reduces your temptation to focus on more “negative” mind-sets. When you feel grateful it is nearly impossible to feel frustrated, sad, empty, or disconnected. A negative focus and a gratitude focus cannot co-exist! They are opposites and will repel each other.Here are a few suggestions for using gratitude to improve your attitude:

1) Use gratitude to blot out unproductive feelings.Sometimes we just get into a “funk” without knowing why. We wake up one morning and realize that we’ve lost our zest for life and a numb disinterest has taken its place. To turn this around, find something to be grateful for. Just one tiny thing is enough!Begin focusing on this thing as often as you can during the day, but most especially when that feeling of boredom or disinterest comes over you. Let a feeling of strong gratitude flood through your body, and you will shift to a more positive attitude almost immediately.

2) Begin expressing gratitude for the people around you each day.Is your co-worker getting on your nerves? Find one thing about her you can be grateful for, and focus all of your attention on that when you start to feel annoyed.Remind yourself that everyone has both positive and negative personality traits – and you will encourage more displays of whatever you focus on! Focus on the positive traits of the people you encounter daily and watch as it transforms your interactions into mutually beneficial connections.

3) Become an optimist with the help of gratitude.

Do you find yourself in the habit of always expecting the worst? When you become aware that you have shifted into a pessimistic mind-set, consciously choose to shift into grateful optimism.

For example, if you catch yourself saying something like this, “My boss doesn’t appreciate anything I do so I probably won’t get a raise this year” – stop and turn that thought into something like this: “I always do my absolute best for the company, and my commitment to excellence will reap great rewards. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to shine every day.”The results you get from these exercises may not be too obvious at first, but as you keep up with them you should begin to see a big difference in your attitude. You’ll find yourself feeling lighter, happier, and automatically finding things to be grateful about all the time.Thank you. Say those words out loud. Feel the emotion that comes with feeling thankful. That is gratitude. It can be for something as simple as the air in your lungs or the thought of just being alive. Gratitude is the key component to the Law of Attraction. It is what gets us from A to C.

You could not have any of the things you do have without it. On the other hand, if you are lacking in certain areas of your life and wanting them to change just know that it can through gratitude.

Let’s go back to the foundation of the Law of Attraction. LOA applies to all energy. And because our thoughts and feelings have energy, they can attract more of the same. Now that we understand that the Law of Attraction states like attracts like, let’s talk about another law of the universe. Sir Issac Newton founded the laws of motion. He stated that, “…for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

We can apply the thought of gratitude to his idea. Gratitude is also magnetic. If you are in the state of giving thanks or just giving, you will always be in the state of receiving.

Some of us may believe that we are grateful people, but when you look a little closer at their everyday activities, it couldn’t be further from the truth. Gratitude is a practice. It should be done daily and effortlessly. It may be easier for some to start with a list of things they absolutely love. Anything they feel love for.

The stronger your feelings of gratitude, the faster you will be receiving the life you truly are meant to live. Snowballing gratitude with everything around you every day, not only changes your thought process, it TRANSFORMS YOUR LIFE!!!

And in order to TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE, you need to be specific with what it is you desire. Think of each area of your life.

Family. Relationships. Career. Finances. Dreams. Money. Materialistic items. Health.

Could they improve?

Imagine it even better than that!

Write down your demands of the universe so that when gratitude takes you there, you can recognize it.

Feel these changes when they are taking place.

YOU brought them into your life.YOU will be in control of your life.YOU will have your dreams brought to you through the Law of Attraction and GRATITUDE.The Universe WILL respond to your demands. Brainstorm and decide what it is that you desire to attract.