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Developing an attitude of gratitude can work wonders for your Law of Attraction desires by raising your vibrational level way up. Let me give you an example of how it worked for me over the last couple of days.

Sunday morning was beautiful. The sun was shining, the temperature warm but not too hot and it was early. So I decided to take advantage of all this and set out for a walk in the beautiful English countryside. Now where I was is pretty rural so no cars making a noise and the only sounds were sounds of nature. It was just so relaxing and really got me into an even better than before mood.

As I walked I began to feel really grateful for the fact that I live in such a beautiful location and the more gratitude I felt the more I noticed in the countryside to be grateful for. It became an upward (and uplifting) spiral! I arrived back about two hours later feeling on top of the world and got more done during the day than I would ordinarily expect to achieve on my best days.

But the best part about raising your vibes is that it lasts. Yesterday, Monday, the feel good factor carried over and made me more productive and again today the same. Okay, being able to look out of my office window and see nothing but beautiful English countryside looking stunning in the cloudless blue sky is helping but it all works together to raise my vibrational level.

You can do the same for yourself even if you’re stuck in an office in the middle of a grimy city. Take yourself off for a walk in your lunch break and look around for all the things you can be grateful for.

For a start the very fact that you can walk should be one. Imagine how you would feel if you were confined to a bed or to a wheelchair. And if you are in a wheelchair and can get out you’ve got something to grateful for as well – you’re not stuck in a bed somewhere.

If you’re walking during your lunch break from work, be grateful that you’ve got a job. There are plenty in the current economic climate that would willing swap with you!

There’s plenty to be grateful for if you just spend a minute or two looking for it.

And when you’re out for your walk try to find a Big Issue seller and buy a copy. That’s a great way to find something to be grateful for and do some good for someone else as well.

In order to create greater prosperity in your life, you need to first eliminate any circumstances that may create blockages. These can take many forms, but think of them as being anything that has fallen into disrepair, disuse, neglect, or lost the sparkle and vitality it once had.

These situations can block any attempts you make to create a more abundant lifestyle. It’s like inviting friends to your home, and then piling a bunch of stuff in front of the door so they can’t enter. Clutter and disharmony will block prosperity from entering your life in the same way.

In order to eliminate this stagnation from your life, you need to be firm and efficient about it. This might be challenging if you have emotional attachments to some of your clutter, but if you keep in mind that you are clearing away the old to make way for something new and better, it helps make the process less painful.

Begin by first identifying things and situations that are no longer serving you.

Take a look at your physical surroundings. Do you have a lot of physical clutter in your home, car and workplace? Not only can this clutter pose a blockage for what you really want to create in your life, it can result in making you feel down and depressed every time you see it.

So get rid of the physical clutter in your life. Donate clothing and possessions that are no longer needed. Clean and organise your surroundings as much as you possibly can by putting away things you want to keep and clearing away any debris. Wash the windows, sweep the floor, and dust all surfaces so they are clean and shiny. This activity alone can make you feel so empowered that you will gladly take on the bigger challenges below.

Now give some thought to your financial life. Is it out of balance? Do you have subscriptions to magazines you no longer read? Online memberships you no longer use? Are your credit cards maxed out? When was the last time you balanced your cheque book? Do you have a lot of overdue bills hidden away in a drawer?

Take charge of your financial situation! It’s very easy to ignore this type of stagnation because it seems so overwhelming, but keep in mind that you don’t have to resolve every situation immediately – just have a plan in place for doing so. Set up a payment plan with creditors, create a budget and stick to it, reduce unnecessary spending, start a savings account – these small actions will go a long way in creating greater peace of mind, and calling in greater prosperity.

Finally, consider your emotional and spiritual balance. Are you clinging to past relationships or old grudges that don’t serve your highest good? Are you stuck in any self-defeating habits and activities? Do you feel empty and aimless much of the time? Do you yearn for a stronger spiritual connection?

Address these situations in the same firm way you did with your physical surroundings and financial clutter. Be willing to let go of anything that detracts or distracts from what you really want. Come up with a plan to resolve anything that makes you feel dissatisfied, and begin making changes in those areas.

This de-cluttering process may seem like a massive undertaking at first, but once you get moving it becomes really exhilarating! Before you know it, good things start flowing into your life as if by magic – all because you simply made room for them.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to create a more prosperous life for yourself is to start living with an attitude of gratitude.

How can such a simple technique create such impressive change?

When you consider that we classify most of our experiences based on our perspective, you can see the power of choosing our focus wisely. Let’s look at a simple example of the power of perspective:

Imagine a man that has no money; not even a few dollars to buy a meal. Suddenly a stranger appears and hands him £20. How would he react to receiving £20? He’d probably be overcome with joy and gratitude!

Now imagine a man that has £200, but needs £500 more to pay his rent by tomorrow. What would his reaction be to receiving £20 from a stranger? He’d probably be appreciative, but he would still mostly  be focused on what he DOESN’T have – the £480 still needed to pay his rent.

This isn’t about the sum of money involved, but the FOCUS chosen in by each man. You may think that a simple focus on gratitude won’t do anything more than help you feel better about your life, but it really does go much deeper than that.

Here are three powerful ways that an attitude of gratitude can change your life and increase your prosperity:

1) What you focus on increases.

The more you make an effort to see the benefits in each and every situation, the more benefits you will notice. Not only do you recognise more of the good stuff, you’ll actually begin to attract it. Like attracts like! The more grateful you are for what you have the more things you will attract to be grateful about. The more positive you are the more positive people you will attract. The more prosperous you think, the more prosperity you will attract. On and on it goes, for every possible quality or experience you want to receive.

2) You’ll be more receptive to opportunities.

In order to recognise and take advantage of opportunities, you need to be open to them! If you’re busy brooding about how terrible your life is, you’re going to be preoccupied and miss out on any opportunities that happen to come your way. Either that or you’ll be so cynical that even if you see an opportunity, you won’t act on it. A genuine focus on gratitude keeps you feeling happy and alert, so you’ll be more likely to see and grasp the opportunities you encounter.

3) You’ll feel better about your current circumstances.

Finally, gratitude can indeed make your existing circumstances seem better, even before anything has changed. Not only do you take time to appreciate the good things in your life, you also begin to feel hopeful and optimistic about the future. You begin to recognise the good parts of even troublesome situations, which can reveal solutions or at least help you develop a calm acceptance for anything out of your control.

Adopting a gratitude focus may not be a magic solution to all of your problems, but it can help you embrace a more peaceful, satisfied state of mind. And isn’t that what prosperity is all about?