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Have you got the "Gratitude Attitude?" Do you awaken each morning, with a smile, looking forward to the new adventures that await you in the coming day? At work, do people ever accuse you of being too cheerful, too happy? Do you sometimes feel the urge to whistle when you are walking or strolling? If this describes you, you may just have the "Gratitude Attitude." The Gratitude Attitude is more than just being a happy person, but it is always found in truly happy people.

It can be found in you too.

We have all met people who seem to exude joy. They are always smiling, always optimistic, and nothing ever seems to bother them. They take everything in what most people would say, "stride," in that nothing interrupts their step. They also appear to be very successful, and I am not just referring to financial, but in every the sense that they seem to have found their purpose, their place. Don't we all want to find our place?

They are grateful people. They are thankful for the life they enjoy, glad for their friendships, their possessions. They know how to say, "Thank you" when it is called for, and in a way that others know they mean it. They have an true attitude of gratitude.

How does one acquire a Gratitude Attitude? Contrary to the thought that some people are just born with it, acquiring a good attitude is very much like learning to ride a bicycle, or play a musical instrument. In other words a grateful attitude can be learned.

There are several things that you can do right now, that will set the stage for you to develop the "Gratitude Attitude."

Starting tomorrow morning, when you wake up, and stretch, also make yourself smile-stretch. Let a huge smile be the first thing you do, even before your feet hit the floor. When your feet hit the floor, and before you rise up out of the bed, say aloud, "I am so thankful for today, and my life!" Then get up and begin your day.

This is what you have just done. You have told your brain that this is what you want it to do. Did you know that the voice that your brain hears and will obey first is your own? When you say aloud, "I am so thankful for today, and my life," your brain will begin to obey you by releasing those chemicals that are appropriate to this attitude. You may not realize it the first day, but within a couple of weeks, you will able to recognize that your mornings are beginning a little brighter.

Now, set yourself a "Thank you" goal. Decide that you are going to say, "Thank you," no less than ten times today. Again,

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