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Share Your Gratitude
Of all the tools we have for improving our lives, gratitude is the strongest.
When it comes to getting out of a bad headspace, gratitude can take you far.
Being grateful for everything material and immaterial that you have can do a lot for all involved. It will make you feel good, and also spread that to others.
Being grateful is so very easy. But in its purest form, it is the ultimate mindfulness practice. Nothing combines thought, feeling, and action like gratitude does.
How does it work like that?
First, you have a thought of gratitude. Tangible or intangible, you have something you are thankful for.
Second, you have a feeling of gratitude. Whatever it is, feeling grateful is a positive thing, and it opens you up to both giving and receiving more things to feel grateful for.
Third, you have an action of gratitude. You might simply say “thank you.” That can be to another person, or even to yourself. Saying the words makes the gratitude even more powerful.
Thoughts, feelings, and actions are the keys of mindfulness practice. Gratitude employs all three to create a singular sensation mixed of these. It is not just ideas, emotions, and acts in the mind and body, but also spiritual.
