THE POWER OF BEING GRATEFUL

As I woke up   this morning, the first thing i did was to say a word of prayer to. The first words that came out  of my mouth were ' Thank you Lord for waking me up this fine morning'... How often do you get off your bed and be thankful to be alive, healthy and sound? How often do you say the words; 'thank you'

According to Inc.com, there are six surprising ways of being grateful that will make you end up being a happier person but i am going to share with you just three of them which i feel will be very essential. Not that the rest three are not, but living by these three salient points will actually make you a more grateful and happier person;

1.  You'll be in a better mood.

Focusing on your reasons for gratitude means focusing on the things that make you happy  . And as I'm trying hard to learn, being happy about the good things in your life won't cause the Evil Eye to come after you. It will just give you a more        optimistic outlook, which will in turn make you feel happier and more grateful. It's a self-reinforcing cycle, and that's a good thing.

2.    You'll be better off if the Law of         Attraction    is real.

Some people are big believers in the Law of Attraction (a.k.a. The Secret), which says that which you focus on will come to you. That is, if you're always thinking about debt, you'll have more debt. If you're always thinking about wealth, you'll have more wealth.

I'm not sure I subscribe to this view. In particular, it seems to me that the people with the most debt are those who never think about it all. But I do believe that where we focus our attention, we are likelier to make things happen, and so if nothing else, the Law of Attraction has homed in on a profound part of human nature. Will thinking about what we're grateful for tend to bring us more of whatever that is? It seems highly possible to me that it will.

3.     You'll live longer.

Three years ago, research confirmed what most of us have already observed: Happier people live longer, healthier lives. In a surprising study, researchers divided older people into happy, unhappy, and in-between categories and then tracked them over five years. More of the unhappy group died than either of the other two, and once researchers had controlled for age, chronic illness, depression, and healthy or unhealthy behaviours (such as getting regular exercise), they found that happy people were 35 percent less likely to die than unhappy ones. Practicing gratitude will not only make your life more enjoyable, it could actually give you more life.

It seems worth doing, doesn't it?

Being grateful in all should not just be a habit, its should be a way of life as it attracts the goodness of life. If not for anything, be grateful for life because when there is life, there is hope. Cheers!

BC.