... and how you spend your days is how you spend your life, eventually! Well, the first time I remember coming across the idea of gratefulness being more effective than praying was I believe, in Neale Donald Walsch's Conversation with God book series. He was basically saying that while praying for something implies a lack, being grateful means that you already acknowledge that what you wish for in your life IS (even if it is not necessarily in the present moment - but it's in an intentional form). This claim obviously implies a non-linear approach on time and quite a big amount of trust - whether self-trust or trust in the universe, you name it!