The Art of Gratitude

December 11
**NOTE-This is what I perceive and believe, and I’m not saying that everyone is how I described, but perhaps the majority. I have no statistics or any data to back up what I describe and state, but rather based on what I experience and observe. I believe the overall patterns of life are similar.**

Grateful (to me) means that we experience an emotion of acknowledgement and recognition of something positive happening to us. Being grateful comprises of the intangible and tangible, even down to the simplest form of having clean water and food to eat.

Too often are we too quick to criticize and condemn others for insignificant matters. Yet, we are too slow to recognize and appreciate when others do something great. We will lash out at them if they accidentally do something that displeases us, however, we won’t bother to give a simple “you did great” or a “thanks” when they’ve helped you several times.

Granted
Perhaps one of the contributing factors is that we take things for granted too easily, especially for what we always have growing up or see on a daily basis.

Entitlement
The other issue is that we might not even think of it, not notice it, because we feel that we are entitled to those simple things.

Remedy
Maybe if we focus less on all the negative occurrences that makes us unhappy and that are out of control, but instead focus more on what we can control and the decisions that we can make to allows us to be happy. We’d be a lot more grateful for our existence.

Simplify it…
So just think, I may not have the fanciest or newest car, but at least I have a working car, in which I can go whenever to wherever I please. Be grateful for what you do have, not what you don’t have. List them all out, it will help.

Link to one’s well-being.
Grateful people will probably be more satisfied with their social relationships and mental health.
Personally, I have tried this gratitude thing…and it definitely gives life a great new feeling!

So what are you grateful for?

Don’t get lost in society’s materialistic competition.
-The Social Nerd