Gratitude and Good Luck


Gratitude is the quality of being thankful and having the drive to show kindness and appreciation to another. It is not a verb, it's a noun. Gratitude is a state of being.
Being filled with gratitude is essential in bringing more good into your life. On this St. Patrick's Day, many of us are wishing each other all the good luck in the world. Along with those wishes, today is a great day to commit to ourselves, and make gratitude our way of life.
Being in a state of gratitude takes practice. You have to be mindful of your thoughts from the moment you wake up to the moment you retire each day. But the benefits of this practice are worth it.
Gratitude makes everything you have enough. You may not have the most expensive or best of everything according to society's standards, but once you're grateful for all that you do have, you won't care. Your truth will rapidly become that you always have enough.
Gratitude unlocks overall life satisfaction. When you know you're always full in every aspect of your life, you don't have a feeling of need anymore. You are always thankful.
Gratitude supports a positive mindset and increases your happiness. If you're always thinking about everything that is good in your life and being thankful for it, you can't help but be more happy and positive on a consistent basis. It creates a happier and healthier you.
There are many ways in which to build and maintain gratitude over time, bringing good luck along the way.
1. Upon waking each morning, your first thought should be a thought made on purpose. Give thanks for a new day, give thanks for your life or simply look outside and appreciate the nature around you.
2. Express gratitude to others at all times. William Arthur Ward once said, "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." Ward was right. The expression of gratitude toward others is a direct reflection of the gratitude that you have in your own life.
So remember to say thank you to the cashier, tell that person how much they affected you in a positive way, even share thankfulness with your pet who gives you unconditional love every day.
One thing I do every morning is send a thank you card to someone who has done a kindness for me. It keeps me in the practice of expressing my gratitude first thing, and sets my mode for the day.
3. Sweat the small stuff. This is something we're told not to do, but this rule doesn't come into play when it comes to being gracious. Recognize, appreciate and express your gratitude for even the things you think are small. What seems small is often very big in the creation of your reality.
4. Keep an end of the day gratitude journal. In it, take a few minutes each night to write down all of the things that you were grateful for that day. It's like a brainstorming session where you don't have to think too much. You simply express, then read it over when you're done, going to sleep knowing you really do have a bountiful life.
Like any habit, training yourself to be in a consistent state of gratitude takes time and practice. No one is perfect, so don't expect yourself to be. Learn from your mistakes and keep moving. Be patient as you learn to change your way of thinking. All of the benefits that come into your life will be worth it.
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