Image by Swamibu via FlickrGratitude is defined by the Webster's Dictionary as "a feeling of thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received; thankfulness"
Sometimes in life, feeling gratitude is hard.
Personally, when my children died, I couldn't find anything to be grateful for. I felt robbed, I felt cheated by life, by God, by my own body. Of course, bitterness took over and I had to work hard to understand that I still had a lot of things to be thankful.
I started trying to find 5 things to be grateful each week: less than one thing per day.
I have made a daily commitment with myself: I try to find 5 things, at the end of the day, to be thankful for.
Somedays I find it hard and I really have to work towards my goal. Other days, gratitude comes easy and at night, my list is much longer than I imagined it could be.
For example, yesterday I was specially thankful for:
- Being alive surrounded by my healthy, happy loved ones
- Baby pup is recovering from surgery OK
- My brother found a new home to lease and he's moving his family in at the end of the week
- Both girls loved their meal and ate better than other days
- Big boy had a great afternoon and evening: he did his homework soon and then was able to go to soccer training
I invite you to do this exercise. You'll notice that your view of life will improve considerably.
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