William James said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."
So many times people become dissatisfied with their lives and the environment and Is it any wonder? There is a whole industry set up to make us feel inadequate. We were quite thin, or not rich enough, or not enough hip because we did not buy the newest products on the market. Message rings loud and clear: we are not good enough! ,
How many times Do you find yourself saying, "If only ___ then I can be happy" the problem is that if we get caught up in thinking we will be happy because there was always something more we will think we need to complete our lives.
Paul Reid said, "Poverty is a state of mind that is often caused by a neighbor's new car" in other words, when we see friends and neighbors to get things, we often feel bad because we can not afford this luxury. However, in reality we are not poor, we just thought we were poor. This state of mind is purely relative to whom you compare yourself. If you were to change your thinking and see the homeless, then you will realize how truly rich you are. You have a roof over your head and food on the table. Okay, so maybe it's not your dream home and you may eat butter and caviar, but you sheltered and fed. Believe it or not, some people do not even have the basics of this.
Most people do not realize the benefits of gratitude. When we sit down and think about all the things we want, but we do not have to make ourselves into a downward spiral of disappointment and negative thinking that can lead to work too hard, and depression. Gratitude, on the other hand, raised our spirits and gave us a clear focus on life as it is. We will be satisfied with what we have and therefore our attitude would bring us the spirit of peace and contentment.
You may say to yourself, but I do not have much! If so grateful for the little things that you have. Do you have a roof over your head? Are you someone who loves you? Are you someone you love? Do you have food on your table? Do you have your health? Do you have a job? You have a pillow to sleep? ... Blanket to keep warm? Do you have a sanity? These are small things but even the smallest things we can be grateful.
Someone once said, "If you have all the things you want, at least be thankful for the things that you do not have that you do not want to."
There is always something we can find to be grateful for.
I know this sounds simple, I know that there are always things that many of us really need ... but if we begin to change our attitudes and develop an attitude of gratitude then we will be in a better position to allow our positive thoughts to direct us to the way in which we can achieve more.
Gratitude is the first step in achieving the things you want to accomplish in life. Viki king said, "you will not be happy with more until you're happy with what you got."
Let us make every effort to get rid of the negative thoughts that hinder our journey of life and learn to develop positive thoughts that will help us achieve our goals.
Do not wait until Thanksgiving rolls around each year to give thanks. Make it a point to develop in everyday life attitude of gratitude.
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