Key of Gratitude

A very popular pendant these days is an old-fashioned style key. Like these:

If a man gave this type of pendant to you, it would mean that he had given you the key to his heart – a symbol of his love for you. Isn’t that romantic?

But, what if you don’t have a man? I don’t, but I like the idea of the key. Simply buying one for myself, for no particular reason, doesn’t seem enough, though. It lacks sentimentality. What’s the meaning behind it? What makes it special?
 
I had been thinking for several months, how pretty I thought they were and how I’d like to have one. I also like the ornate heirloom look they have to them. A few months went by of thinking, “Oh, I’ll just wait for a boyfriend to come along and he can give me one.” Well, no boyfriend…no key. How long do I wait? I decided to pull a flip-flop. ;-)

I really like the book called The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Basically, the book describes the law of attraction and how like attracts like. It’s a great motivational tool and I love how she collaborated with many authors, ministers, philosophers and teachers to create it.

I recently read another book by Ms. Byrne, called The Power. This, too, is very inspirational, as she speaks of the force of love in all of the different aspects of your life. I enjoy how she incorporates quotes from scientists, inventors, Nobel Prize winners and religious leaders and gives examples from lives of prominent people, like Albert Einstein and Lance Armstrong and even her own to make her points.

One chapter particularly stuck out to me, and that was called “Keys to Power.” Next to each subheading, is a drawing of an old-fashioned key like the pendants pictured above. One subheading was called “The Key of Gratitude.” In it, Ms. Byrne’s states, “Every time you feel grateful you are giving love, and whatever you give, you receive.”

I remembered the story of the “gratitude rock” mentioned by Lee Brower (author and teacher) in The Secret and how he had picked up a small rock and associated it with gratitude and thankfulness and put that rock in his pocket and every time he felt it or saw it he would be reminded of how much he had to be thankful for - associating the intangible with something tangible.

Suddenly, it all came together! Guess what I did….yep, I bought myself a key pendant. It is my “Key of Gratitude.” I really do have a lot to be grateful and thankful for!