"It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy."
Gratitude is seriously the most powerful tool we can use to raise our vibration and get our selves out of a negative rut. By practicing gratitude we are shifting our attention from the negative to the positive, we are focusing on the things that make us happy and appreciating the life that we have been given. Ten simple gratitude statements a day can shift the entire course of your day, week, month, year or even your life. It is up to you how much time you choose to practice it for and therefore the length of the impact it will have on you and your life.
The first time I learnt about practicing gratitude I was going through a seriously hard time. I had just found out that my husband had been cheating on me again, I was in a foreign country with my three little children and had no support and I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. Someone gave me a book to read called 'The Magic' - by Rhonda Byrne, and I started following the instructions in the book. My attitude did a huge turnaround, and I found that I was far more accepting of what was happening in my life rather than fighting it with every ounce of my being. I found that the momentum two weeks of daily gratitude created was astonishing. I still felt positive months after I had stopped, I had adopted a saying "it is what it is" and it really pulled me through a very dark time. I continued to practice gratitude in my life on and off over the years and I found that when I stopped I was more negative and life felt more intense. Now I practice gratitude almost daily, I have made it a rule in my life, rather than an exception.
We live a privileged life, no matter what the emotional state of our being is. We have good food to eat, a warm bed to sleep in, our health, we have children and friends, a roof over our heads, eyes that can see the beauty of this planet. Most of us have a job and a car and techno gadgets. We have running water and hot water to shower with. We can read and write and can afford to give the same gift to our children. We are so so blessed and have so much to be thankful for, we just need to focus on it.
I challenge you to write down ten things that you are grateful for every morning when you wake up for a week and see how good you feel.
What are you most grateful for in your life? Are you having a hard time finding ten things to be grateful for? Please leave comments below, I would love to hear from you.
With so much love
Rosemarie
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