Gratitude is the best attitude
A huge part of a having a good attitude is gratitude! Living your life with gratitude in your heart makes everything better. Again it goes along with the idea that if you think positive you will be positive. If you are grateful for all the things in your life you will begin to see each and everything for its individual beauty and uniqueness. Gratitude opens up your mind and softens your heart. It allows you to live in the moment. It reminds you of how important the small things in life really are.
Living a life of gratitude is simply taking the time each day to be thankful, to say thank you, to appreciate all that you have. Each and every moment in life is a blessing we should be grateful for. Taking the time out of your day to appreciate a loved one, to smile at a stranger, to be thankful for the sun, to appreciate the breeze, to cherish a child, to stop and not only realize, but appreciate the life you have.
Things get hard, we all have obstacles. The trick in life isn't trying to avoid these obstacles . The trick is in how we handle these obstacles. When we take on an attitude of gratefulness we can understand that everything happens for a reason. We can see that there is always an opportunity for growth. Even in our darkest moments we can be grateful.
In my own life gratitude has bought me so much happiness. It has reminded to be thankful for what I have, not ungrateful for what I don't have. It has reminded me that life is a blessing and we all deserve happiness. Gratitude has taught me that life is really about the small moments, the little in life. When we take time to cherish the small things, the big things tend to follow. Gratitude has given me strength and power to overcome obstacles I didn't think I would ever get over.
No matter how many hard things that come and go, I know I am blessed and I know that there is always a silver ling to every cloud. Even if that line isn't apparent right away, it is there if you just look hard enough.
Gratitude will dramatically change your attitude and there for it will change the way you interact with those around you. I think one thing most of us can say is at some point in our life we have taken someone for granted and not until they were gone did we realize how much we loved and cared for that person. Not until they are gone did we realize how funny, smart and wonderful someone was. With gratitude in your life, you can be thankful for those in your life right now and share that with them in the present moment. This will strengthen any relationship you have and give it a new sense of meaning.
When we look at the world and can be grateful for all that we have, for all that we are, for all that we want to be we can see that the world is a wonderful place. There is so much love and happiness to go around, we just have to be grateful for it and it will be given to us. Taking time out of each day to just say thank you brings a sense of peace we are all looking for!
Here is an awesome poem I would like to share with you:
Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~
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