GRATITUDE (62)

My body and spirit would not be here now

Were it not for my parents

Who loved and cared for me.

Since I am now enveloped in radiant Divine Light,

I have learned to live in peace and harmony

With those around me.

Our true worth can be measured

By our appreciation and gratitude

For all of the kind deeds bestowed on us by others.

Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude. This is because gratitude reaches God, while ingratitude reaches dark forces.

Therein lies the reason why those who are always grateful naturally enjoy happiness and good fortune, while those who are ungrateful and constantly complain are unhappy and become more and more unfortunate. As one prominent spiritual leader in Japan wrote, “If you rejoice, joyous things will come to you.”

Foundation of Paradise – ‘’You Are What You Feel” – September 3, 1949