Finding Gratitude During Tough Times
What are you thankful for? Sometimes it just doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Just be thankful that you have a glass and grateful that there's something in it. And...don't forget that the glass is refillable!!!
It's about perspective, the thoughts you have and what you focus on. To be grateful can be difficult when things seem not worth giving thanks for. Try it anyway. Try to see the situation from a different perspective and take control of your thoughts. Allow yourself to be in the difficult situation and be grateful inside yourself. Grateful for what? Grateful for the lessons. Grateful for the growth and expansion you are in the middle of. Grateful for all you have. Grateful for your ability to turn things around. Grateful for the opportunity to improve. When a negative thought enters your mind, immediately replace it with something you are grateful for (friends, family, a roof over your head, love in your life, food on the table, the air that you breathe, etc..).
Just as with learning anything new, it will require watchfulness and practice until a new behavior pattern is learned. Being mindful of changing your thoughts will eventually create an automatic response process with little effort, thus allowing more room for joy in your life. As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for. If we could all just focus in on "what we have" as opposed to "what we do not" and realize who we have become along the way, through all of life's lessons - we would all be happier, more confident people!
There is beauty in the moment if you are willing to see it. Open your eyes to the here and now. Make the most of today.
Make today great!
Curtis