Dr Brad Nelson – The Emotion Code / The Body Code / The Heart Code
has some great suggestions on manifesting this most important feeling or emotioin:
GRATITUDE

Practicing gratitude may seem simple, but it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve your emotional, physical, and energetic well-being. When you take even a moment to appreciate the good things in your life, your nervous system relaxes, your mood lifts, and your perspective softens. Plus, gratitude is accessible to everyone, everywhere, all the time. With small daily moments of appreciation, you can transform the way you feel from the inside out.

The Science of Gratitude

You may have read about how some of the studies that show gratitude, particularly meditating on feelings of gratitude, can shift the brain’s function toward a healthier mindset. Concentrating on what we are grateful for helps us to overcome sad and anxious feelings, and to stop ruminating on negative thoughts about past events. It can also release us from worrying so much about the future. So how can you start feeling more gratitude? 

Researchers say gratitude is more complex and experienced differently than simple happiness. While happiness occurs in the brain’s immediate reward systems, gratitude is believed to also involve structures in the brain associated with higher-order thinking and reasoning.

Think of gratitude as a very powerful positive energy that dispels negative thinking and emotional baggage, just as light dispels darkness. Imagine how your life would be if you filled yourself with thoughts of love and gratitude on a continual basis. Imagine how people would be drawn to you. Imagine what your life could be like. Perhaps this is how our lives are actually intended to be!

What is Gratitude? And Why is an Attitude of Gratitude so Important?

We usually think of gratitude as an expression of thankfulness for abundant living. When we think about how blessed we are, or when someone does something for us, we often express gratitude by saying thank you. The problem is that the feeling is usually fleeting. We say “thank you” and move on. That doesn’t mean we don’t really feel that appreciation, it just means we’re human.

Maybe it’s time we start thinking of gratitude as the distinct emotion it can be — one that we can definitely feel more consistently. After all, if you were to make a positive emotions list, wouldn’t gratitude be near the top? When you’re feeling down, a moment of gratitude could raise your spirits. But the more gratitude we feel daily, under any situation, the more benefits we can receive.

A Google search for “what is gratitude” reveals this definition: “the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” Try intending to make gratitude less of a passing “thanks” and more of a daily quality…a part of who you are.