How Gratitude Can Manifest

Many countries in the world have a tradition of thanksgiving, may it be to celebrate a harvest or to express our gratitude to ancestors.  But its spirit goes far beyond a territory or a day of celebration.  It is an act of giving thanks and a sincere acknowledgement of favours and benefits to the divine.  But how does gratitude relate to manifestation?  A lot of people give power to visualisation of their goals and generate positive feelings associated with actualisation.  Yet too many have missed out the icing on the cake - gratitude.  There is a deeper meaning to how and why we express gratitude to all the things we have, whether it is something big or small, has already happened or yet to happen.  When we are grateful, we are already making the assumption that it is occurring right at this instant.  The act of such will bring us to the present moment.  So when associated with a goal, you are also bringing that dream of yours to the here and now, thus projecting it to the reality with all the keys to manifestation.  And not to mention that there is also a great by-product derived from this - the joy and peace by being grateful.