This is an introduction of a series of quotes and expressions of gratitude. Gratitude is a fundamental expression in life transformation. In loving gratitude, I have compiled a series of "7" articles in honor of a great friend and mentor, Michelle Laub, founder of Human Potential Unlimited. Michelle is a certified Law of Attraction Life Coach and Certified Four Agreements Facilitator (to name a few of many credentials.)

I was introduced to Michelle while on a retreat for a Level 3 Mastery Awareness Certification in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. A Mastery Awareness certification is based on the wisdom of the Toltec's as brought fourth by author Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements & The Mastery of Love.) The past six months I have been very grateful to receive daily quotes of inspiration and gratitude from Michelle as an awakening to her daily conference call of gratitude. Her dedication and love of her daily offerings were shared by many around the world. I aspire to someday give back what Michelle has offered me and continue to expand consciousness on a global level.

Thoughts are things and when we consciously take hold of our lives through thoughts and live in gratitude for our lives we are at the forefront of elevating collective consciousness on a global level. And so it is!! :)

I hope you enjoy ...

“Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.”

~ A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896–6 January 1981) A Scottish novelist, playwright and writer of non-fiction

"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it--would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."

~ Ralph Marston contemporary author and publisher of The Daily Motivator

“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we

experience Heaven on earth”.

~ Sarah Ban Breathnach—

Author of ”Simple Abundance”

"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to

take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value

the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done

for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for

the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put

off the word or action for the expression of gratitude."

~ Albert Schweitzer ((14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965)

German/ French theologian, musician and philosopher.

“As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does

my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun

over the horizon is my grateful

heart dawning upon a

blessed world.”

~ Adabella Radici Contemporary poet.

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the

things which he has not, but rejoices for those

which he has."

~Epictetus ) ca50--ca.135) Greek philosopher

who was maimed while he was a slave

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.

Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness.

Thankfulness may consist merely of words.

Gratitude is shown in acts."

~ David O. McKay Sept. 1873-Jan. 1970

The deepest craving of human nature is the

need to be appreciated.

~ William James