To speak to anyone about something it requires to have made the experience yourself.

I am deeply grateful for this very fact as it lifted my life within an instant.

 For it to come from a more profound understanding in the first place, I would suggest that the general acceptance of there being an intelligence behind all phenomenon in the universe is of indubitable advantage.

 But no, you don’t need to believe in a God figure to rule or to punish.

The recognition though that there is an incomprehensible force out there to cause it all to go around and work together shouldn’t be hard to acquire.

Just the functionings of our bodies would amply suffice to make room for this recognition to take place.

Like a hundred trillion neurons in the brain – more than there are stars in the universe – with active connections to one another counting into the tens of thousands. Mind-boggling, right!?

 But even if you cannot get yourself to admit to a greater force, even if you’re deeply convinced of being lost in a lonely world, feeling separate from the natural world sustaining your body, the experiment of gratitude would show its effects, I am convinced.

 So, let me tell you my little story:

 I had been working late the night before and all “legal” excuses sleeping in the next morning had their legitimacy.

But as I am of strong habitual nature – and many of these are concerning the bio-rhythms – I woke up at the usual time feeling awful about having to get up to do it all again.

 This time, instead of letting my mind wander through the daily chores to perform, I determined my mind to dig up what I feel grateful for in my life.

Just a day earlier I had listened to the presentation of a psychologist who built his major knowledge base on studying the brain using imagery to gain conclusions for treatment. He mentioned a task to perform for chronically depressed patients by making it a habit for just three weeks writing down only three things they’re grateful for every morning.

 So I did it without writing it down while still horizontally under my blankets.

 As I lay there, eyes closed, contemplating what I am thankful for in my life for some time; I noticed my energy towards the day changing.

At first, my absorption in the revolving thoughts was so intense, that I didn’t notice the physical change taking place. But by the time I suddenly opened my eyes, I caught myself about to jump out of bed with a twinkle in the contours of my facial muscles.

 The event totally busted my organized behaviour concerning distinct hours of sleep to recover.

I mean, I had worked hard and had not gotten enough rest to recover according to my understanding. And still, I felt full of energy to jump straight into my daily yoga practice, regardless.

 I hindside, after repeating it since, I have to say that my life took a turn.

While I consider it not as relevant to whom or where the gratitude is directed, the sheer fact that it is taking place puts me in touch with a part of my nature familiar and brand new at the same time.

Try it and remain persistent for three weeks. It may take you a while and probably will not come for everybody as quickly as I was blessed to receive. But it will happen, I am sure about it, as I have never experienced anything else to be of a similar result manifesting so distinctively.