Gratitude is possibly the most powerful way to change our life. The power of gratitude is this; the more things we are grateful for, the more things we will experience to be grateful for. This is the law of attraction at work, and is superbly expressed in gratitude. Here are some ideas to develop an attitude of gratitude:
1. Be appreciative for the seemingly ordinary things in life.
Be appreciative to things like a cup of hot coffee on a cold day, sunshine peeping through the trees, an idle chit chat with a friend, and so much more! You have to 'open your eyes' to what is around you. You have to focus on what's good in your life, not what's bad. There is a saying - "The man complained he had no shoes until he met the man that had no feet." Look for in every situation that aspect of the situation that you can be grateful about.There will always be something you lack for the simple reason that you cannot have two opposing things at once. Expressing gratitude brings about enjoyment and appreciation for what you have now. . . in this moment. There are so many things that we take for granted. Many times we don’t realize how much we actually take for granted until tragedy strikes.
Be grateful of whatever things that you have and the person that is around you. You can be grateful to the basic things that you have around your life like food, water, electricity etc. When you start to think of that, you will be more appreciative of the things around you and you will have a feeling of gratitude.
Who gets the gratitude is not as important as your own feeling of gratitude. Try to look for things that you can be grateful for so that you can always feel the joy of gratitude. It can even be someone that you are close to or person that has really influence you. This will in turn slowly changes and trains your mind to have a positive attitude as you will have. When you have the joy of gratitude, the negative thinking will instantly be gone.
2. Look for the good in every situation
Now the first thing that you can do is to be grateful to the terrible things that has happen to you before. Why should you do so? The first reason will be when we meet terrible things with the feeling of gratitude; we will feel better as the feeling of gratitude always feels good. The second reason is that we will always face problems in life. When you know that there must be some reason why you are in these problems, you will be more open to it. Sometimes, it is just a change in our perception that will allow us to see what there is to be grateful about in a situation. When you are grateful for being able to find the reason, you will start to have a positive attitude towards problem.
Even in times when it seems that nothing could be worse, there is always a reason to be grateful. And when you feel a sense of gratitude, you feel a sense of happiness and content.
3. Think about the whole process.
When you receive anything, like a child’s drawing or an expensive gift, focus on how much time, effort, and thought went into the gift. Taking the time to realize how much work, caring, and thought a person has given you, is a wonderful way to deepen your appreciation of both the giver and the gift4. Remember to say thank you.
Give praise and tell people what you appreciate about them - you'll make their day. Show your gratitude by giving a card or small gift.
Gratitude is more than simply saying ‘thank you’, it is also about not complaining about your current situation. When we complain about things going wrong all the time, this creates a negative vibration and creates more of these situations for us. So how do we turn things around? We start by complaining less, we accept things for how they are in this moment, knowing that good times are on their way.
5. Reach beyond yourself and do something good to other people.
Spend time helping people who are worse off than you. It makes our problems seems “smaller” when we help someone who experiencing a greater problem than us. Sometimes, it even gave us an insight that comes with a solution to our problems.
6. Lower your expectation
Sometimes we get so busy and caught up in daily life that we forget to be grateful. We expect everyone to do their share without being asked. This attitude, over the long haul, will develop very resentful and uncooperative environment. When we quit expecting the world (or people) to give us things, we can become more focused on enjoying the gifts that do come our way.
7. Concentrate on solutions rather than problems
What you focus on expands. When you focus on what you have, you will end up having more. If you focus on what you lack, you will never have enough. So, it makes sense that expressing gratitude will expand that for which you are grateful.
Gratitude does not mean blindly accepting your circumstances or limiting your chances for a better tomorrow. It does, however, nurture positive feelings and contribute to bringing about good energy vibrations. This in turn will pull similar to you. Remember, energy attracts like energyYou are the director of your energy and of your focus. If you let it be attracted to things, events, and people that are upsetting to you, then you will attract more of the same into your life. It is when you take charge and focus on those things to be grateful for that you change the flow of your energy to one that will bring into your life more things to be in gratitude about.
Gratitude is the highest frequency of energy for it is a combination of thankfulness, appreciation, and love. When you enter into and maintain this vibration of gratitude, you will feel more joyful and everything will appear clearer and more vibrant.
Decide where to give your attention. Choose to be in gratitude and look for those things that you can be grateful about no matter how small it may seem. That will be your starting point for moving into the vibration of gratitude
8. Make a gratitude journal
Sarah Ban Breathnach in her best-selling book, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, advocates the use of a gratitude journal. She cites this as “a tool that could change the quality of your life beyond belief.” The premise of the gratitude journal is to record five things that you are grateful for each day. Some days you might have to be creative to find five. Other days you might have ten or twenty! Value the little things. Value the person who sincerely smiled and asked how you were at the grocery store checkout. Value the soft touch of a child’s hand on your shoulder. Value a new song that you hear on the radio.
Create your own gratitude journal and list five things that you are grateful for each evening. Notice how this deepens your appreciation for life and helps to maintain a positive outlook. You may also want to start a “Family Gratitude Journal” where each night you think of five things that you are grateful for as a family.
Start your day with gratitude and end your day with gratitude too. You will then find your life change in wonderful and amazing ways.
To Your Happiness And Success,
Kingson Suryaatmaja
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