Expressing thankfulness in advance is the way of all Masters. So do not wait for a thing to happen and then give thanks. Give thanks before it happens, and watch energies swirl! To thank God before something occurs is an act of extraordinary faith. And that, of course, is where the power comes from.
Interpretation
Being thankful in advance demonstrates strong faith and can attract positive outcomes.
This quote emphasizes the importance of expressing gratitude before experiencing a desired outcome, illustrating that such an act requires and fosters faith. By thanking the universe or a higher power in advance, one cultivates positive energies that may influence the outcome and bring about the desired changes in life.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech about the power of gratitude.
What you hope, you will eventually believe. _x000D_ What you believe you will eventually know. What you know, you will eventually create. What you create, _x000D_ you will eventually experience. What you experience, _x000D_ you will eventually express. What you express, _x000D_ you will eventually become. _x000D_ This is the formula for all of life.
Fear and guilt are your only enemies. Love and awareness are your true friends. Do not confuse one with the other, for one will kill you, while the other gives you life.
Your whole life is a message. Every act is an act of self-definition . Everything you think, say and do sends a message about you.
Love lets go. Need holds on. This is the way you can tell the difference between need and love. Let go of expectation, let go of requirements and rules and regulations that you would impose on your loved ones.
When you find peace within, you also find that you can do without. This means simply that you no longer need the things of your outside world, and not needing is a great freedom.
Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that without having to be combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self, and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression. But giving up and giving in is not the way. Simply and quietly claiming your right to be You is the way.
Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.
He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
The trouble with putting armor on is that, while it protects you from pain, it also protects you from pleasure.
I could say that all my books were conceived by the time I was twenty, although they were not to be written for another thirty or forty years. But perhaps this is true of most writers—the emotional storage is done very early on.
Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.
But if a mirror ever makes _x000D_ you sad_x000D_ you should know_x000D_ that it does _x000D_ not know_x000D_ you.
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