“What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.”

– Oprah Winfrey

As I sit upstairs writing this post, I am absolutely engulfed in gratitude.  I just watched my husband and two teenage sons going off on a hike, walking up the road laughing and joking together.  Just in this moment – so much to be grateful for – a wonderful relationship with my two gorgeous sons; a loving relationship with my husband even after 23 years of marriage; a warm, comfortable home where I can write this and look out the window and see the sea; a healthy mind and body able to experience all this joy.  I find it is vital, to take a bit of time each day, just for a few minutes, no matter what I’m doing, and feel the gratitude for that particular moment, for the experience of whatever it is that is happening right in that snapshot of a second.

Oprah Winfrey is a wonderful source of ideas about gratitude.  I love reading  her messages:

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-Power-of-Gratitude 

http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Instructions-on-Gratitude

Oprah’s video on the power of gratitude:

The Power of Gratitude

I hope you enjoy Oprah’s messages on gratitude. Please let me know what you think of the information –  (you can leave a comment by clicking on the speech bubble at the top of this post)

Thanks!