Gratitude

Gratitude is a very important element in our life. This is the one thing that can give us happiness. In today’s world, gratitude is a rare quality. People are so ungrateful about everything they have. This makes people dissatisfied and unhappy. We fail to recognize everything that we have and keep on yearning for everything we don’t have. 

Gratitude means being thankful for everything we have. It is about acknowledging even the tiniest of things. A grateful soul  is a happy soul. Gratefulness means being content and satisfied with all that we have. Many of you might argue that gratitude will end our motivation to do more and achieve more. But that’s not how it works.

Gratitude doesn’t mean just settling for what we have. We must work hard to achieve our dreams and achievements, that is the way to progress. But along with working hard, we must also be grateful for the ability to work hard. We must be grateful to God that we are in a position where we can work towards our goals. We should be grateful for what we already have because there are many who don’t have this much also.

We don’t need huge things to be grateful for, even the tiny things count. The fact that we are alive, breathing and healthy is a huge feat in itself to be grateful for. Many people do gratitude journaling. They make a list of things that they are grateful for. You too can try this as this is a great practice.

At first, you will see that there are very few things that you are grateful for. But, as you continue with this process, you will see that gradually, you have so many things to be grateful for. Your gratitude list will be never ending. Every morning, when we wake up, we should express our gratitude to God for letting us see another day, for giving us the strength to even wake up. We should be grateful for the various relationships that we have. We must be grateful for our parents, friends, relatives and for having everyone we love.

In times of distress, when we feel so lonely and sad. There are times when we feel like the end of the world, we feel that we have nothing and no one, we hit rock bottom. During times like this, we should take a few deep breaths and sit down to make our gratitude list. 

Remembering everything and every person that we have in our life, gives us immense strength and inspiration. We must be grateful for everything. We must cultivate the seed of gratitude in our hearts. When this tree grows into a huge tree, it will give us the extremely sweet fruits of happiness, contentment and satisfaction.