It’s easier being grateful when everything is going well in our lives. When things don't go as planned we often forget to express our gratitudes. I sometimes need to say, or write down what I'm grateful for when I feel low. Saying it out loud changes you. Maybe everything in life is meant to happen and every outcome is already perfect. If we can see it as perfect even if it’s not our will or desire, we can start to feel happier, less stressed, and therefore more grateful even when something happens that you didn’t plan. Even if we have everything we want, we still want more..there seem to be never ending.. What if we can be content with what we have at this moment and live as if it was the last day of our lives? Be grateful for this day only. For me I think meditation has made me be more present and appreciate and be grateful of what I have. Living life without being grateful is not recognizing our world's vulnerabilities and ourselves and how we are connected to each other. Continue taking things for granted and not being grateful, we haven’t surrendered nor respected what life has to offer. There are so many things we take for granted without thinking about graditude.. Sometimes we even take people in life for granted..roof over our heads, water, nature, food or anything that we were conditioned to have we also take for granted. When I think of this and how fragile our world is in so many ways, and how we are living and abusing it all the time I sometimes feel sick.
So how can we change this and see and feel gratitude in our lives?
I believe we need to start being aware, not focus only on our own needs and expressing our gratitudes. Learn to value what we have, not what we think we have to have in order to feel accepted and be happy. When we do this we feel better and can put lifes challenges in perspective. There have been studies done that people who express their gratitude every day are happier than the ones that don’t. We have so many things in life that many can’t even imagine having..
Today’s Assignment:
Write down 3 things you are grateful for today and express your gratitude to at least one person in your life. It can be anyone, and it doesn’t have to be someone you know.
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