Why is an attitude of gratitude important ?
If there is anything that can change your life
instantly, it is gratitude. Start your day with a gratitude journal. Buy a
notebook or diary and write a minimum of five things you are grateful for. This
is the first thing we all should do as soon as we get up. Many people have a
habit of looking at their mobile, checking emails, engaging in FB, or watching
news early in the morning. These habits do not bring good vibes throughout the
day. As they say, morning shows the day. So, if you become sad when you wake up
because of the news or other things, you are likely to have a lousy day because
we all get affected by our habits. Your enthusiasm will go down, so do yourself
a favor and start your day with a gratitude journal.
It
takes time to develop habits, so at the beginning you might be wondering what
to write in your gratitude journal. I had that experience, and that is
absolutely okay. When we are doing new things, it will take some time. Try to
remember the first few days of your new job or the driving experience as soon
as you got your license. How was that feeling? Now, you don’t have to remember
the road; the same goes with the gratitude journal too.
There are so many things we can be grateful
for, but most things we take for granted and we only realize their importance
once they have been taken away from us. You can be grateful for being healthy,
having a family, job, car, house and much more. When you are sick, then you
want to get well. Why not be grateful when you are healthy?
Be genuinely thankful for everything that you
have or receive. When you start counting your blessings, you will feel amazing
and happy. You will have positive vibes. For example, if someone brings a small
gift to you and you don’t appreciate it, that person will never bring a gift
for you again.
Our needs as human beings are increasing and
as we start getting the things that we wanted, we start to take them for
granted. When we don’t have a car, we desperately want to have a car which will
make our life a lot easier. But once we have it, we don’t take care of it and
we wish to have another car.
When we start shifting our focus to
gratefulness, then we can feel real happiness.
At the end of the day before you go to bed,
review your day and make a note of all the good things that happened on that
day and be thankful for that. For me, I keep paper next to me and as soon as
the good thing happens, I make a note so at the end of the day I don’t have to
spend a long time writing.
Here is the main thing: when you start your
day with a gratitude journal, your day’s gonna be good. And when you review the
good things at the end of the day, you are shifting your focus on the good
things, which means you will have a good sleep and good dreams. You take
control of your day and night with gratitude.
What are you grateful for? Do you count your
blessings every day?
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