Count your blessings

People often say, be grateful, be thankful and practice gratitude. Do we really know what it means?

Gratitude means thankfulness, the feeling of appreciation and acknowledging the blessings that is showered upon us. Gratitude is one of the most important value all of us must have.Do you know, science has proven that gratitude can bring happiness, great health, releasing of stress and can bring you more positive thoughts.

We can easily get used to things. For instance, you wished to have a brand new car, for the next 2 months you will be very grateful, excited,but then after 2 years we kind of get used to it. Why? Its called hedonic adaptation. Our brain was designed that way and it’s our job to rewire our brain so that we don’t take things for granted.

Being grateful can be simplest as to think on how lucky you are to have eyes to see this beautiful world. There are people who are blind and wish to see the world. You just slept in a comfortable bed, be grateful for that, there are people in this world are sleeping in the subway and streets.Be grateful that you have clean running water, there are people who are struggling everyday just to get a bucket of clean water. Be grateful that you have a healthy body, there are people in hospitals hoping to can get well and go home. Be grateful that you can live as there are people on their deathbed hoping to live another day.

Here are 10 simple ways to make gratitude a part of everyday.

1. Keep a Gratitude journal and add to it everyday.
2. Tell someone you love them and how much you appreciate them.
3. Notice the beauty in nature each day.
4. Nurture the friendships you have, good friends don’t come along every day.
5. Smile more often.
6. Watch inspiring videos that will remind you of the good in the world.
7. Include an act of kindness in your life each day.
8. Remember to compliment your friends and family when they look good.
9. Focus on your strengths.
10. Think of 10 things that you are grateful for before you sleep.

Wake up everyday and count your blessings. There are many reasons to smile.We often spend a lot of time thinking on the1 big problem that forgot to remember the100 blessings that we have.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Meister Eckhart~

Remember our blessings is like the ocean, if we don’t see it, the fault lies on us.

So,What are you grateful for?