AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

    

 “Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.”

Sachin Tendulkar is a legendary cricketer, known all over the world for his batting prowess, and yet, a man of very few words. But on the day of his retirement, all of us who are in awe of his batting capability and his records, were clean bowled by his retirement speech, which was a fairly long one.  He carried a list of names in his hand to thank each one of them for the role they played in his life. Nothing else was spoken. The entire stadium was emotional that day. More than anything else, that was a take away for all. To fill one’s heart with gratitude.

“Count on your blessings and never your troubles.”

Disappointments will come into our life without an appointment. We always feel life is being so unfair to us. How many of us can say, ”I am on top of the world,” when you are asked, “How are you? Unless we are grateful for what we have, we will not be blessed with more. People are unhappy only because the heart is not filled with gratitude. The “lack list” is very long. We only talk about what we don’t have. Are we pausing a moment to even think what all we have been blessed with in life? Many of us eat three meals a day, live a fairly decent life, when there are people who don’t enjoy even these basic things. Begin from where you can begin. Be thankful for the smallest thing in life and you will be blessed with a fulfilling life. Let us stop comparing our life with others. We must focus on what we are left with and not what has left us.

“Gratitude and disturbance cannot co-exist.”

 

I used to sulk a lot when things didn’t go my way. I even kept dwelling on it for long. The consequences I received was, more reasons to sulk. I was a miserable soul. Then came the deepest learning in my life. Not everybody gets everything in life. Gratitude must be your heartbeat. Be grateful for what you have and you will be blessed with more. I started practicing this mantra every day. My day began with gratitude and ended with gratitude, not because everything went right, but because I had decided to be grateful for whatever went right. Slowly the way my life started unfolding for me, I realized that I am a very special child of God.  My entire day is punctuated with gratitude, and the feeling it creates in me is inexplicable. I started experiencing holistic Abundance in my life.  I offer my gratitude several times a day;

On waking up

When I am in the pooja room in the morning & evening

When I come out of meditation

After meditation I write a line of gratitude

When I enter my workplace

I write a gratitude journal before I start my work.

Before every meal

Before I retire to bed

At least begin the day with gratitude. You will certainly experience a great shift in your attitude towards life. Never miss out the message.  Life will tell you once, to make it always, is your responsibility.

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