Summary: <p>Listen to episode 137 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Thought Power: Gratitude & How to Think & Live Better. Adapted from Thinking for Results by Christian D. Larson.</p><br> <p><strong>Success Podcast Excerpt</strong>: T<em>he attitude of gratitude is closely related to that of contentment and is one of the greatest of all mental states; and the reason why is found in the fact that no mind can be right (nor think constructively) unless it is filled with the spirit of gratitude. </em></p><br> <p><em>The fact is that new life is coming to us every day and with it new opportunities. Every moment therefore is richer than the one before; but if this coming of new life and new opportunities does not add to the richness and value of our own personal life, there is a lack of gratitude. And where gratitude is lacking, the mind is more or less closed to the many good things that are coming our way. </em></p><br> <p><em>The grateful mind, however, is always an open mind, open to the newer, the higher and the better, and therefore invariably coming into possession of more and more of those things. The entire race is moving forward with the stream of continuous advancement; better things therefore are daily coming into the life of each individual. If we do not receive them, the reason is that our mind is more or less closed on account of the lack of gratitude. </em></p><br> <p><em>So let us remember that the mind must be grateful for everything in order to be open to the reception of new things and better things. We simply cannot receive better things unless we are truly grateful for that which we already possess. This is the law in this matter, and it is a law that will stand up to the most rigid analysis.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Success Podcasts:</strong></p><br> <p><a title="Cultivating Joy" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/simple-life-habits-cultivating-joy/">Simple Life Habits</a></p><br> <p><a title="Building Self Confidence" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/building-self-confidence-change-your-limiting-beliefs/">Change Your Limiting Beliefs</a></p>
