“They
cannot coexist
One dispels the other
Light & darkness
Life & death
Faith & fear
Gratitude & disturbance.”
There was a period in my life when I felt that so many things were not
working in my favour. It was also a time when I had a lot of challenges and complaints.
I was always questioning God, “Why me God for all the troubles?” But the
troubles only kept increasing. In short, I was thankless. A timely spiritual
intervention opened my eyes and I realized that the more and more I experienced
negative feelings, the more and more it repeated in my life. One huge lesson
that I learnt was, no matter what goes wrong, there are so many things going
right in your life for which you need to be grateful.
Nobody is obliged to do anything for us, including our parents. But,
instead of being grateful to them, we think it is their duty to take care of
us. There are so many children who have been abandoned by their parents. But we
always look at others’ lives and feel that we are less privileged, not
realizing that we have a shelter above our head, we eat three meals a day and
we have clothes to wear. There are children who have none of these. Everything
causes stress in us. Studies is stressful, not having a high-end mobile causes
stress, when parents do not permit us to hang out with friends we become
stressed. Everything in life is stressful.
Some parents struggle to cater to the needs of their children. They put
the needs of their children above their own needs. Yet, how many of us are
thankful? No matter how much ever parents do, there is dissatisfaction writ
large on our face. If only we understand the pain they undergo to give us a
comfortable life. We understand the value of something only when we lose it. We
don’t cherish it when we have it. If only we can develop one habit that can
change our entire life. Being GRATEFUL!
Being grateful for even the small mercies in life, counting on your
blessings, feeling blessed, will only help you to live a fulfilling life. When
there is a set back in life, immediately go down in gratitude for everything
else that is going right for you in life. This will ensure that you have less
and less of setbacks and more instances to be grateful. I have made it a habit to write a gratitude
journal every day. The mind is trained to be grateful always. Every day is
punctuated with offering of gratitude, from the time I wake up, till I go to
sleep. Thus, I am magnetizing holistic Abundance in my life, and so will you.
What are you waiting for? Start today and live a life of overwhelming gratitude
to experience eternal peace in your life.
“Gratitude is the womb of all virtues.”
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