Hal Elrod distinguishes gratitude as the highest form of spiritual pleasure and excitement as the highest form of happiness. Unlike waiting for life to happen, you can generate excitement intentionally through anticipation, whether before a concert, wedding, or your morning routine.
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Gratitude is the highest form of spiritual pleasure and it's always available. There is no limit to how deep or how much gratitude you can experience. Now shifting gears. The highest form of happiness. So gratitude is the deepest, most rooted, foundational underlying form of happiness and the highest form of spiritual pleasure. But the highest form of happiness is excitement, right? Think about when you are.
Excited.
Like I mean this is the energy, right that I'm speaking with right now with excitement.
You're. I'm so excited. I can't wait to go to that concert. I can't wait for my wedding day. I can't wait for the birth of my first child.
I can't wait to wake up tomorrow for my miracle morning. Like whatever it is, right, you can generate that excitement. You can allow it to just happen only when things show up that you're excited about. But like anything, any aspect of emotional well being you can either leave it up to chance or you can choose it.