Another Day, another reason to be grateful.
How do you practice Gratitude?
Gratitude. How do you practice gratitude?
This was a question I asked myself at the beginning of this year.
How do I actually live through gratitude?
The truth is, too many of us are so fixated on the things we want and the next thing that’s coming that we forget to just stop for a moment and be grateful for the things we already have.
I would sometimes have days where I felt super grateful, usually when something good happened or worked in my favour, but then other days I’d find myself looking for the next best thing.
I’d achieve something and then think right whats next?
With this mentality, how could we ever be satisfied? Nothing would ever be enough.
The only way to be truly happy and full of joy is to live in the moment — right here, right now and be grateful for what we have.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m 100% a believer of setting goals, but this mixed with gratitude is the secret to success and the manifestation of our deepest desires.
We need to be grateful for what we have already so the universe knows to give us more of those good things.
If you were to give someone a gift that they didn’t seem grateful for, would you want to give to them again? Probably not.
That’s how the universe works also.
How could I make a change and to have a more positive mindset and an all round feeling of deep gratitude for the amazing life I was already living?
I started gratitude journaling.
Every morning after meditation I’d write a gratitude list, followed by an intentions list.
I list all the things I’m grateful for in that moment. Some things repeated often and some days were completed different.
My lists are full of some of the things we would consider to be the most basic — my bed, the hot cup of tea I was drinking, etc.
But becoming aware of my gratitude for even the small things completely shifted my mindset — to one of abundance.
It made me more conscious of the life I had, which I am forever grateful for.
Just stopping for those 10 minutes every day to think about the things you are grateful for is a real game changer.
I’ve started doing this for different areas of my life. I’ve found it helps with struggling relationships — if things aren’t going too well, stop for a moment and make a list of all the things you are most grateful for in that person. It may help you realise what you have, or it may make you realise that you need to let go.
When we practice gratitude, we realise we already have everything we possibly need.
With Love, always.
Em J
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