Being Grateful
Being grateful. Sometimes it sounds very easy, at other times it sounds quite hard. When life seems to be going well, being grateful feels easy. We love our job, enjoy spending time with friends, attend interesting courses, we're fit and healthy - whatever makes us feel happy, satisfied and content, those are all things to feel grateful for.
When life throws you curve balls and making ends meet or staying sane feels impossible, being grateful can seem pointless or futile. Life sucks - why should I be grateful for that? Yet even in the face of disappointment, curve balls, stress, grief, loss or hardship, we are alive and able to think about whatever may be happening in our lives. We are able to examine our lives, to look at what is happening and to find ways to get through whatever it is we're going through. One of the many perks of the way our minds work!
Focusing only (or mostly) on negative thoughts, feelings and emotions like Life sucks / I'm a failure / Nobody loves me and thoughts like that make those thoughts our reality. What would happen if, instead of focusing on what we don't like, we focus on what we do like? About ourselves, about our lives, about the world, about the people around us, about our dreams... How different would life be if we focused on the positive things we do have in our lives instead of the things we feel we don't have? How much more amazing would life be if we stopped thinking "I want" and instead focused on "I am grateful for..."?
When life throws you curve balls and making ends meet or staying sane feels impossible, being grateful can seem pointless or futile. Life sucks - why should I be grateful for that? Yet even in the face of disappointment, curve balls, stress, grief, loss or hardship, we are alive and able to think about whatever may be happening in our lives. We are able to examine our lives, to look at what is happening and to find ways to get through whatever it is we're going through. One of the many perks of the way our minds work!
Focusing only (or mostly) on negative thoughts, feelings and emotions like Life sucks / I'm a failure / Nobody loves me and thoughts like that make those thoughts our reality. What would happen if, instead of focusing on what we don't like, we focus on what we do like? About ourselves, about our lives, about the world, about the people around us, about our dreams... How different would life be if we focused on the positive things we do have in our lives instead of the things we feel we don't have? How much more amazing would life be if we stopped thinking "I want" and instead focused on "I am grateful for..."?
