Create Greatness with Gratitude
“It’s up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks. Build your dream around that.” – Cheryl Strayed
Are you constantly struggling with life? If so, you might be focusing on the wrong things. Practicing daily gratitude will help you turn your life around. Want what you have and what you want will come to you!
We live in a world that focuses on instant gratification. We compare the bounties and prosperity of others to ours and end up focusing on our ‘have nots’. Focusing on what we don’t have usually only makes us want it more and when we want it bad enough, we will take almost any action that doesn’t seem life threatening or that we think would cause immediate harm. So, many people often find themselves borrowing money to close the gap between what they have and what others have. As a result, many people are
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Think of just 5 things to be genuinely thankful or grateful for and draw/write them on the hand or your list. Think about: Who loves you? Who are your friends? What are you proud of? What about your children, how do they light up your life? These are just a few things that we forget about that add so much value and joy to our lives. Can't think of 5? Look around you and think smaller and smaller until you can come up with 5 things.
Now draw or write all the positive things you have in your life. Don’t be afraid to get creative! Color or make a collage on the 5 Things Gratitude Tool or your list. To wrap-up, ask yourself, "How can I make this a regular habit?" Practicing gratitude each day will remind you of the good things and help you feel better about your life. Yes, you will have to work at it but that’s okay. Add something new to your gratitude list each day, and you'll be amazed at how many remarkable things you will be able to think of once you develop this
Another reason people become poor is that they spend their earnings on their "wants" and not on the necessities. That then leads to the realization that they cannot pay rent/mortgage and are evicted. But for the reason to spend their money the way they want was influenced towards bragging rights and/or the "want" to feel a part of the wealthier. Cottom observed that, "Errol Louis and his belief is held by many people, including African Americans, poor people, and formerly poor people that spending money excessively is not logical." Furthermore, it could be an addiction problem for some
Gratitude is a gift that the earth urgently needs. Consistent gratitude is a form of recognition of the gift and the giver. Daily gratitude can help eliminate the need for more and practicing more of only what we need. Gratitude leads to a society of contentment rather than one that's always in need of more. We human individuals have conventions for appreciation; we apply them formally to each other. We say thank you. “We understand that receiving a gift
Many of us might not realize what we take for granted until we all lose it. And once we do we gain new perspective on life. The perspective of doing something now so later you wont wonder what if, and that to be is the most life changing thing a person can
Ray Bradberry’s All Summer in a Day teaches readers that when someone gets less of something, they will be more thankful when they get that something. The kids were a lot more thankful for when the sun came out, because it only came out once every seven years. When someone gets less of something they love, they will be happier and more thankful when they get the thing they love.
One of the articles discussed using gratitude and life satisfaction on children to help alleviate mild or moderate depression. I plan to incorporate this article’s techniques and ideas in my professional practices. Most of the adults that I work with have mild or moderate depression and lack satisfaction in their lives. This article’s ideas may be helpful in my practice because it can help the client gain positive feelings and behaviors. Incorporating hope, gratitude, and optimism helps the client to be able to identify their own resilience in
looking forward to, it will change my outlook on the day. According to studies “gratitude can
When compared to countries with a lower amount of national debt, such as the United Kingdom and Sweden, America seems to be built on a foundation of materialism. American materialism influences its society to believe that the more things someone owns, the happier she will be. Many Americans insist on ownership of goods and services, despite how expensive some may be. Even if an individual lacks the necessary funds to afford said goods, however, she can still purchase them by using credit. Credit is money that a bank or business will allow a person to use, provided she reimburses them in the future. The existence of credit encourages people to spend more than they can afford to, ultimately rendering the borrowers slave to the lenders. Abusing credit results in debt, which is a problem that plagues almost every American through most, if not all, of their life. Bad credit and debt are among the worst of problems in America because it contributes towards a progressively unstable state in the economy and prevents many Americans from fulfilling their financial dreams.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and be thankful for what others do for you. According to Randy Pausch,’’ Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other ”. In other words one simple act of Gratitude can help a person go from having a rough day, to a good day. For example, a boy bought his mom a vase after he broke one of hers. Consequently gratitude is the key for being respected. If you show gratitude to others, they will return it .
“Proper society did not think about making money, only about spending it.”, said Barbara W. Tuchman. This quote shows our real world, and the people that spend money, but they forget about the value of money. Nowadays people want more that they have. They forget how many things they have, and how much money they spend. Most people when they see other people having something better, and in that moment they want to have it also. Also, people forget how hard they got that money, but how easily and quickly they spend it. In the article “The treadmill of consumption” by Roberts, he says that people are willing to go into debt to buy certain products and brands. That is right that people can do crazy things to buy certain goods.
Savor a hot cup of coffee, pet your dog or read a book as you pamper yourself and do at least one thing each day that brings you joy, peace and fulfillment.
Positive interventions have previously been shown to have a positive effect on those involved in these types of activities. This investigation hypothesized that performing kind acts and noting gratitude would have a positive effect on happiness as measured by self-esteem. Further, it was predicted that differences would be observed based on several factors: experimental condition, gender, and religious commitment. Participants (N=30) from a large, northeastern, urban university participated in an experiment in which positive interventions were performed daily for one week. Pre-test and post-test measures of happiness were obtained. The findings confirmed an increase in happiness following both interventions. However, the differences predicted based on the factors investigated were not observed.
Appreciative Inquiry is a change management approach which concentrates itself on determining what is working well within an organization, scrutinizing why it is working well and then focusing on doing more of these things. “Appreciative Inquiry focuses us on the positive aspects of our lives and leverages them to correct the negative. It’s the opposite of ‘problem-solving” (White, 1996). Appreciative Inquiry has it birthplace within the Case Western Reserve University doctoral program in Organizational Behavior and began as a partnership between David Cooperrider and his advisor Suresh Srivastva in 1980. The foundation of Appreciative Inquiry was established during the process of Cooperrider completing his doctoral thesis. Initially, Cooperrider’s work was concentrated on constructing a conventional analysis or an organizational examination of what were the flaws within the personnel side of the organization. “The history of Appreciative Inquiry is the history of a major shift in the practice of organization development and transformation. In fact, it is also the history of an unplanned, even unintended, process with no particular intent at all to use it for changing organizations or other human systems”( Watkins et al, 2011. p.23).
Unlike many behavioral approaches to change, AI does not focus on changing people. Instead, it invites people to engage in building the kinds of organizations and communities that they want to work and live in. (Mohy & Watkins, p. 4)
Materialistic items and a great lifestyle often portray happiness. However, what you are thinking and how you feel about those thoughts accounts for happiness. Being mindful of your thoughts plays a big part in choosing to be happy. Taking time to be mindful or present with your thoughts doesn’t require a lot. Perhaps starting out with just a few minutes per day could work wonders. Taking time think positively release negative self-talk. Negative self-talk is the biggest block to positive thinking. Negative thinking can be part of the norm and is usually associated with people who are insecure, overly apologetic, and indecisive as well as vulnerable to numerous stress-related problems.
I was upset because I realized that I was going to regain the weight that I had worked so hard to lose. Upon meeting my doctor, she was concerned about my mental health and asked a series of questions to assess my mental health. She realized that I was not going to harm myself and that I was genuinely grateful for her time, patience. According to the Gratitude and Chronic Illness, having gratitude can have a positive impact on a patient’s ability to improve his or her health. “A growing body of literature in recent years has demonstrated the relation of gratitude to a number of different forms of well-being.”(Sirois, F. M., & Wood, A. M. 2017 p. 19). While I did not have any prior knowledge to any case studies related to gratitude, I did realize that having a positive attitude during my pregnancy allowed me to reduce my stress and anxiety