The Great Benefits Of Gratitude

We have heard on several occasions about the benefits of gratitude. However, we are not yet aware of what this actually entails.

The dictionary defines gratitude as acknowledging and feeling esteem for a person who has done you a favor and feeling a strong desire to reciprocate.

But gratitude is not just that. We can be grateful to be alive. We can also feel gratitude for the life we ​​have, for all the good in it…

Thinking about all this and feeling really grateful makes us happy. So why is it so hard to be grateful?

being grateful is very easy

Being grateful is tremendously easy. All it takes is a smile, a simple “thank you” or a small gentle message to the person you are thanking for what they did for you or how happy they make you.

As you can see, there is no major expenditure of energy, because it costs us no effort. Maybe that’s why we don’t pay as much attention to gratitude as we should.

Sometimes all this happens because we ignore our surroundings. We are so absorbed in our own world that we forget about those around us.

How many times have you stopped to think about what you have and how many times have you become aware that you don’t have to wish for anything else, because you already have everything.

How many times have you reflected on the people around you who support you in difficult times? Certainly, they take up more space for all those who did you harm.

We believe that friends and family will always be here for us. We don’t realize that everything can change overnight, and then it will be too late.

gratitude is practiced

With all these problems, it ‘s hard to be grateful without practicing gratitude, just as you can practice kindness, sincerity, love, and so on.

Therefore, it is important to take the following steps into account:

Consider that practice makes perfect.

• Focus on the now : we live thinking about the future and the past, and this keeps us from enjoying the present and being aware of everything we should be grateful for. Letting go of that makes us want what we actually already have. All because we are not aware that we have to open our eyes and look around us.

• Never take something for granted : assuming that your partner knows you love him, that your mother knows you like her… Taking something for granted is a mistake. Others need to hear from us all that you are grateful for.
• Don’t expect anything from others : one mistake you can fall into is expecting others to act like you. This most of the time will not happen, so clear that desire from your mind. To be truly grateful, don’t expect anything in return. You should be grateful that it will feel good and that you want to do it.

give thanks every day

As soon as you get out of bed, give thanks for the day when you can wake up once more and live ; when you go to sleep, be grateful for all the good you could experience.

Sometimes we not only have to be grateful to people, but also to the very fact that we are alive. This will make you feel happy and bring a smile to your face each day when you get up and go to bed. It costs nothing and you will be much happier.

Give thanks for all the opportunities you got thanks to your effort, give thanks for the work you got thanks to your persistence, the result of all the effort you put into getting what you wanted…

Live your life constantly thanking for its result and, above all, thanking the people around you for everything they offer you.

The more you practice gratitude, the simpler it will be for you and the time will come when it will become a habit.

Gratitude will have become a part of your being.