Developing Gratitude

Gratitude simply means showing appreciation and thankfulness for the things in life that are meaningful and valuable to us. Just taking a moment to notice and acknowledge the things we are grateful for can improve our outlook, boost our mood, and help us feel more positive in the face of challenges. Gratitude is that one quality which I try to remain consciously aware of in my daily life. Sounding simple, I remember when I first laid my hands on a book called “Magic” and tried to attempt the simple exercises to note things I felt grateful for, it seemed like a big task. May be our minds are conditioned to focus more on negative and “want” list than appreciate what we already have been bestowed with. Over the time, I learnt that like any other muscle, gratitude can too be developed by practice and exercise. Started with things like health and relationship to slowly appreciating the items I overlooked always like a simple cup of coffee made me feel grateful for the efforts of all the people from plantation to processing to packaging to delivery, the list can be endless and once we train our mind find gratitude the game gets amazing.

How does feeling grateful make you feel?

Can you list any routine thing, often overlooked earlier and for whom you can feel grateful for?