The SGR Club Blog

I plan to share my observations and experiences in applying the Natural Laws of the Universe to the real world. I provide this service to you since I have met many folks who have been introduced to the book or movie, “The Secret” which presents the Law of Attraction, but do not know what are the next steps. You may be one of them. Alternatively you may be working to apply the teachings of Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield and Dr. Michael Beckwith presented in The SGR Program and accompanying SGR Club, which explores the source document from which “The Secret” was created.

It is fitting that I begin this Blog now as this is Thanksgiving Weekend 2007 in the USA. This is an American tradition that we celebrate on the fourth Thursday in November every year. We use this holiday as an opportunity to give thanks and to express our gratitude for all of the good things going on in our respective lives.

Chapter 7 of “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles is one of my favorites, “Gratitude.” As you become familiar with Wallace Wattles work, you learn that there is an intelligent, formless substance from which all things proceed. Once you gain the confidence to believe that this substance gives you everything you desire it is magical! Through a feeling of deep and profound gratitude, you learn to relate to the intelligent, formless substance. When good things come to us, the more good things we will receive, and the faster they come to us … as long as we are grateful for what comes our way.

A perfect example of this is my life. I have been quite successful, but I have never really been in as high a level of gratitude as I have been this past year. In general, I seek to recognize what I am grateful for that is independent of specific situations and circumstances.  This is a feeling of gratitude for life itself, for existence, for anything and everything you experience.  In short gratitude is an underlying attitude.  It appears when gratitude is broadcast all the time; the Law of Attraction is activated. With practice it becomes part of your identity.

Through practice I have learned new and different ways to express gratitude. Gratitude can be very simple and is most effective when it is expressed from the depths of the heart – a kind word goes a long way. The results have been wonderful. Some are:

• Take a sheet of paper and place it somewhere that you will pass throughout the day and commit to writing down something for which you are grateful every time you pass the paper throughout the day.
• Do not allow yourself to get out of bed until you identify at least five things for which you are personally grateful.
• Whenever the mind’s voice begins to express doubts, concerns, or other negative comments, tell it “Thank You for Sharing” and then replace it with a concerted effort of listing everything you are grateful for … even if it is the beautiful blue sky.
• As you prepare to go to sleep, document in a journal at least ten things you are grateful for that day before you fall asleep. Be disciplined and continue this practice no matter how late it is or how tired you are.
• Periodically send a message or two (via email, voicemail, or handwritten note) of your gratitude to someone that is not expecting it.
• As stated in the movie “The Secret,” as you walk say “Thank” with one step, accompanied by “You” with your next step. Focus and repeat this as you proceed for a fair distance.
• Keep a “Gratitude Rock” (or some other unique and personal keepsake) that you carry with you. The Gratitude Rock serves as a reminder that we are to be thankful for what we have, who we are, and what we want. By being with us at all times, they remind us that we attract what we think about and what we thank about.
• Take the extra effort to verbally thank someone for the service that they are providing you, especially when you can share your gratitude when others around that person are able to witness your appreciation.
• Take a few moments to think about a living person for whom you are grateful … and why.

I invite you to share in this blog some of the unique ways you express gratitude in your daily life.

As I gain an increased understanding of just how important it is to share and show gratitude, the more I do it. This is a grand example of the snowball effect! (In the event you are not familiar with the “snowball effect”, it is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and build upon itself, becoming larger and larger. The common analogy is with rolling a small ball of snow across a snow covered area, as it rolls the ball will pick up more and more snow, gaining more mass and surface area, and picking up even more snow as it rolls along.)

There is a law of gratitude, and if you are to get the results you seek, it is absolutely necessary to observe this law. It seems from my observations that those who tend to experience gratitude more frequently than others also tend to be happier, more helpful and forgiving, and less depressed than their less grateful counterparts.

I am very grateful for the movie “The Secret” and the technology that allows me to share this blog with you.

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” Cicero