The market is flooded with so much information about how to live your life right and in my quest for self-improvement; I have read a variety of books out there. There is one thing common in all the wisdom in the books, and I can truthfully say that I have tested it, that to be happy you have to practice gratitude. It is easy to do when you are feeling good and everything is going as planned, but when you start your day with flat tire, line up at the banks, unexpected bills in the mail, it is very hard to convince yourself that life is great. The trick to living is to look into the nooks and corner of your life, to find things to be grateful for, when there is obviously nothing great happening.
When you start your day of in a bad mood, everything goes wrong, take a pause. Stop for a couple of minutes, reorganize your thoughts and recharge your internal resources. Gratitude is like fuel, you need to refill your heart with it, to keep your body and mind running smoothly. Ignore it and you will be stranded with no energy.
It is not easy, no way – we all go through times in life when the situation seems unbearable and honestly in the midst of turmoil, you find nothing to be thankful for. But if you develop an attitude of genuine gratitude everyday, considering it to be vitamin for your mind and soul, you will find you can easily trade your bad day into a brighter day.
So whenever you are getting worked up, take a pause, let not the events dictate how you will feel- only you can decide how you will feel.
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