An Easy First Step Toward Happiness
We must continue recognizing how abundant life is and seeing all we have to be grateful for.
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Top 10 Ways Gratitude Enhances Your Life
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Abundance surrounds you in many ways. Regardless of your station in life, there are many things that gratify you. What are you thankful for? Take a moment to ponder them.
Consider the ways that having gratitude makes your life better: 1. You’ll be more enthusiastic. Research shows that when subjects recorded what they were thankful for in a journal on a regular basis, they reported having a larger sense of enthusiasm for their life than those who didn’t write about their gratitude. For me, creating a pattern of journaling just 5 things a day to be grateful for activated my subconscious to start looking for things to be grateful for. Dr. Wayne Dyer said, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Focusing on the world through a lens of gratitude changed my focus. Though the hurt and sorrow was still in my periphery, I increased my joy and happiness by focusing on gratitude. “Energy flows where attention goes” Tony Robbins. Acknowledge your gratitude. You’ll be glad you did!
2. You’ll feel more determined to achieve your goals. When you focus on what you have and what you CAN control, you are recognizing the tools and material you can use to build toward success. As your progress creates momentum, you’re more likely to put your nose to the grindstone and keep working for whatever else you desire.
3. Your level of optimism will soar. According to several studies, those who documented what they were thankful for were much more positive about how their life was going and how it would proceed. Making entries in a gratitude journal every day (I prefer before bed time and right when I wake up) will train your subconscious mind to actively search for things to be grateful for. Gratitude becomes the norm and life gets more beautiful and optimistic every day. Being optimistic will fuel your passion to construct the life you deserve.
4. Energy levels increase. If you have gratitude, you’ll have more energy and enthusiasm (I use the word Enthusimatism: Enthusiasm and Optimism ) to create the life you desire. Being aware of what you’re thankful for galvanizes your efforts to discover all that your life can be.
5. You’ll pay more attention. Being thankful ensures you’ll be more alert and aware of how your life is going, what you’re doing, and how you can continue to build the life you seek. Now that you’re subconscious is engaged your reticular activating system is kicked in and the opportunities are more easily seen. Einstein said, “You either see everything as a miracle, nothing as a miracle.
6. Levels of stress drop. As you live a life of gratitude, things that used to stress you out will lose their power. Instead, you’ll be entrenched in the wonderful world you’re living in. Back to the quotes by Wayne Dyer and Tony Robbins, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” and where your attention goes, energy flows.” If you are more focused on the things to be grateful for and just merely aware of the obstacles and challenges, you experience less fear, more Faith, and less stress.
7. You’ll feel more content with life. Those who consciously have gratitude experience reduced levels of depression. Life feels good. You feel lucky, blessed, chosen, GRATEFUL. You have more and lack less.
8. You’ll exercise more. Those who show a sense of thankfulness had higher reports of exercising more than those who weren’t keeping a gratitude journal. Those are the findings. Gratitude is an amazing tool.
9. Providing aid to others will come easier to you. When you notice all the positive things surrounding you, you’ll reach out to help others more often. When your soul is flooded with light and positivity, you’ll feel more like being there for others.
10. You’ll discover the life you truly want. As unusual as it may sound, the research about gratitude indicates that those who have thankfulness in their hearts are more likely to achieve their goals. As your thankfulness grows, your dream life is built.
Open your eyes to the abundance that graces your world. When you do, you’ll live a more fulfilling life. Allow yourself to feel passion about the gentleness of the Spring breeze, the peacefulness of the fog rolling in, or the beauty of the blue sky. Notice the feel of a warm sun against your skin or the love in your child’s hug. Maybe you’re even grateful for that first cup of morning coffee. I know I am. I would love to invite you to have coffee with me and my wife every weekday on Facebook at 6:55AM EST (New York time).
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Get started today on your own gratitude journal. Write about everything that you’re grateful for. As you begin to give thanks, you’ll start seeing more to be thankful for and more opportunities you otherwise may have missed. What are you waiting for? Wouldn’t you rather be Living Lucky?
