Gratitude: The Currency of Favor

A statement of profound truth that revealed itself during a meditation: “Gratitude is the currency of favor.” —Discover how the power behind this simple quote has been shaping your experience as a human. 

Let us begin not by dissecting the words, but by feeling them. You see, the moment we try to define life too precisely, it slips through our fingers. But gratitude—That is something we can feel deeply. And so, too, is favor.

Now, I believe that the universe is not a collection of things, but a process. An undivided dance of energy—waves rising and falling, forms appearing and dissolving. And within this dance, there is a law older than language: exchange. The breath you take in, you must give out. The water you drink today will fall again as rain. All things are in movement. All things are in relationship.

So when you say “Gratitude is the currency of favor,” you are pointing to one of the most profound truths of the human experience: That gratitude initiates a flow. It moves energy. It opens the circuit. And just as electricity needs a closed loop to spark, so too does the energy of the universe require your awareness, your receptivity—your thanks—to complete the exchange.

You see, the word currency comes from the Latin currere, “to run” or “to flow.” It is not static. It is not merely coins or notes or numbers on a screen. Currency is energy in motion. And money—well, money is simply crystallized energy, stored in banks, held in digital vaults, waiting to be unleashed into action. To build bridges. To feed children. To build homes. To bring a song into the world. And so is gratitude.

Gratitude, then, is a spiritual currency—an invisible flow that, when given freely, moves mountains, softens hearts, and—quite mysteriously—attracts what we call favor.

But what is favor? Not obligation. Not bartering. Not transactional tallying. No, favor is the wind that lifts your kite unexpectedly. It is the green light at just the right time. It is the call from an old friend who didn’t know you needed them. Favor is not something you buy—it is something you allow.

And how do you allow it? Through gratitude. Because when you are in a state of gratitude, you have stopped resisting the flow. You are no longer demanding life be different. You are recognizing that the song of the bird, the breath in your lungs, the kindness of a stranger, are all gifts. And when you truly receive them, when you say “thank you,” not as a social reflex but from the soul, you complete the circuit. The energy flows again.

As Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” And why? Because that thank you initiates favor. It creates resonance. It’s like striking a tuning fork in the key of life itself.

Now, consider this: when someone gives you a present and you don’t say thank you, what happens? The flow stops. The system hesitates. Perhaps you’ll receive no more gifts—not because the giver is offended, but because the energy has nowhere to go. Unopened gifts are like unopened doors. They stack up. They clutter your porch. And if you’re not careful, they become burdens instead of blessings.

This is why, even when life wraps your gifts in pain, in challenge, in the hard shell of suffering, you must still say thank you. For inside these boxes—yes, sometimes wrapped in duct tape and frustration—there is a lesson. A treasure. Something you, long before you wore this name or walked this earth, chose to receive. For growth. For depth. For the soul’s unfolding.

Gratitude, then, is not naïve. It does not mean pretending everything is fine when it is not. It means understanding that even this—especially this—contains value. It is to say: I trust the giver, even when I do not yet understand the gift.

And that trust? That surrender? That awareness? It is favor.

You may think favor is getting what you want. But no—real favor is the ability to see what you already have, and know it is enough. It is the clarity to hear the perfection in the bird’s song, the grace to breathe and know you are alive. To fall into the present moment not from apathy, but from fullness. From peace. From love.

So let us return to the phrase once more: Gratitude is the currency of favor.

It is an equation trillions of numbers long. A spiritual loop. A living embodiment of the infinity symbol. Gratitude creates favor. Favor inspires gratitude. And around and around it flows, not in some mystical abstraction, but in the very real, very beautiful fabric of your everyday life.

And when the love you hold outweighs the fear, when your awareness grows larger than your worry, when the stillness of now becomes your home—then, you have stepped into true wealth.

Not the wealth of accumulation, but the wealth of connection. Of energy. Of life.

And so I ask you—what are you grateful for?

Speak it. Feel it. Let it flow.

And watch what comes back to you.