The Hidden Value Behind Gratitude
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.” — Meister Eckhart
Gratitude is the appreciation of the little thing that we have right now while waiting for the bigger things.
The more we practice gratitude, the more we feel good. The more we feel good, the more good will be given to us. It is a guarantee.
I know many of us, pray and request for different things that we desire and wish to receive them in a moment but the most challenge is that we forget who we are in the moment or what we have and start focusing on what we do not have — what is missing.
Focusing on what we do not have is like chasing away what we have been praying for.
So we find ourselves not in a receptive mode — to be able to receive what we have been praying for.
To receive anything, if it is happiness, more abundance, more good people in our lives, more love or anything that we desire, we have to be grateful for the little things that we have at the moment.
Even if you are in a relationship and you are not happy with that appreciate the good things first from that person by focusing on the positive aspects of that person.
Practicing gratitude will always put us into a positive state if we choose to direct our energy and focus on the positive things only.
Things that we really appreciate more than the things we do not appreciate. And the more we appreciate the more it will be given to us.
Practicing gratitude is simple as A, B, C…
A. Be Grateful Towards People
“All people are good. All people are one. Send love to them”
What we focus upon expands.
When you focus on the goodness of others, you will find more of them.
If we all choose to focus on other people strengths more than their weaknesses, we will always send love and appreciation towards them.
Appreciate your family members, your spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend.
Appreciate your neighbors, mentors, and teammates, etc.
Appreciate those who you hate, those who you feel angry about them. Send them love and kindness.
The more you feel good about anyone in your surroundings, the better they will do to you and the more positive you will think about them.
B. Be Grateful Towards Any Situation
“You have to experience the different situation, events and different people in your life so that you may grow.”
Facing difficulties in life automatically puts as in a negative mode.
But appreciation of the situation will put us in a positive mode where we will be able to see the good in that situation.
In a way that we will say “I am grateful for this situation because I learned something and next time I will do something different”
We learn to forgive others because someone did something that does not align with us.
We learn to create our own happiness because someone hurt us once.
Princely, everything we face in this life is a learning moment. Just take the positive side, be grateful for it. Next time do differently.
Oprah in her book “What I Know For Sure” pointed out that “being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest, most powerful way to effect change in your life”
C. Be Grateful Towards Your Dreams And Goals
“Be thankful for whom you are today and then God will change the situation”
Be grateful for the small actions that you are taking right now toward the things that you want to accomplish.
They may seem like the tiny ones, but there is a secret behind the little things.
Learn to appreciate the smallest discipline, you will feel happy with yourself and you will feel good about yourself.
And the more you are feeling happy for the little steps you are taking, it is a clear way of God taking you into a beautiful experience in your life.
If you cannot appreciate the moment you are having right now,
Or,
If you cannot enjoy your journey right now,
It is an assurance that you will never-ever enjoy or be happy after being there too.
You must adopt the “Be-Do-Have” paradigm first instead of “Have-Do-Be” paradigm.
Appreciate every moment in your life, if it is something new to you, learn to do that.
Live your life in the NOW and have all fun that makes you happy, joyful and grateful.
The goal should be fun all the way. If it is not, just quit it.
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