There is an amazing power in being grateful, it is one of the most influential feelings one can share with others. The quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful” this is the most common definition, but this definition alone does not begin to describe its full power. We are all born with the power to be grateful, we all have things to be thankful for from the very early in our lives. We are grateful for our parents, our children, for the roof over our heads, for our jobs, etc. we can even be thankful for the lessons we learn during difficult times, but sometimes we do not know how to express our demonstrate our gratitude with others or with life itself.
Gratitude is an invisible power that can be expressed in a visible way, with a thank you, with a kind gesture or with just a simple smile. It is easy to react in a grateful way for the good things that happen to us, but what if we try living with gratitude as an everyday experience? What if we make this change in our hearts and start being thankful for everything and anything no matter what? This could be a way to start unleashing the power of this amazing force. Feeling grateful is an internal experience of fullness, an expansion that spontaneously arises from the recognition of the value of every situation we face.
Living with gratitude brings some exceptional benefits to us, it allows us to create better relations with our friends and family, it helps us open doors for our personal and professional growth. It improves our health, decreases stress and helps us get rid of toxic thoughts that do not allow us to live in peace. Grateful people usually have more empathy for others, sleep better and experience and improvement in their self-esteem. It also increases your mental strength; it helps you see things in a more positive and constructive way.
Being grateful has the potential of making you a happier and overall a better person. It has been proven that gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, enjoy new experiences, and better deal with adversity. People feel and express gratitude in multiple ways, they can apply it to the past by being thankful for their past blessings or how their misfortunes contributed to make them who they are today. To the present by not taking good fortune for granted and to the future by keeping a hopeful and optimistic attitude. Gratitude is a quality that can be and should be cultivated, it is a powerful tool that has the capacity to make the world a better place.
