Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher, and the bestselling author of 27 books, including You Can Heal Your Life and Empowering Women. Her works have been translated into 25 different languages in 33 countries throughout the world.  Her book, Gratitude: A Way of Life is a collection of insights of a number of people who have demonstrated the power of gratitude in their own lives.

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How do you choose to see your world, right now? As Louise Hay reveals in Gratitude: A Way of Life, “If we believe that ‘I don’t have, and I won’t be happy until I do . . . ,’ then we are putting ourselves on hold. What the Universe hears is: ‘I don’t have, and I am not happy,’ and that is what you get more of.” Indeed, the decision to experience happiness and gratitude in the now changes everything.

"Gratitude brings more to be grateful about. It increases your abundant life. Lack of gratitude, or complaining, brings little to rejoice about."

"Many of us have been raised to look at what we do not have and to feel only lack...If we believe that "I don't have, and I won't be happy until I do..." then we are putting our lives on hold. What the Universe hears is: "I don't have, and I am not happy," and that is what you get more of."

"A wonderful meditation teacher taught me how to set intent. This is a way of creating a clear signal to the Universe about your direction in life. You set your course and then adjust the sails on you r ship headed towards a sacred island obscured by mist and miles, but your intuition knows it is there...Night may fall again and again, and yet you hold deep inside a map guiding you rmystic journey. Eventually you will reach your destination if you continue to set you intent."