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What's the point in being grateful?
Gratitude - I almost feel that this is a subject that is so oversaturated on SM platforms, Gratitude this gratitude that! So much so that most people out there probably scroll on past when it pop's up. If you are still reading this DO NOT SCROLL. I don't want you to miss this one.
So let's really get into it because actually I get it, I used to feel the EXACT same way and even now I tend to scroll past. Not because what is being said is not valuable it's just that I have heard it before! I don't have much time for that so I doubt you do too.
To that end I am going to do my best here to NOT to do that, so stick with me.
I am going to attempt to answer a single point, What is the point?
Well, you're here, you're reading this post and the likelihood is that you are doing so because you want to build a legacy. You want to be a better parent, partner and build a life that your children can be proud of. To do that you need the secret sauce.
I can look back at all of the pivotal times in my life and I can confidently say that in the time leading up to those times I was grateful for everything that I had, not to say that I didn't have goals, instead the complete opposite. It was the appreciation of realising how much hard work that I've put in to be where I am and respecting how much more I am going to have to do.
Being grateful provides the pivotal ingredients needed to push you forward, things such as: Confidence, self-appreciation, an understanding of what you have to fight for, motivation and Morale. Sure you can get these elsewhere but the quickest and easiest way to do it is by simply being grateful.
SM definitely makes it seem easy to be grateful, reality it's not. When you have spent so long focusing on the negatives you cannot expect yourself to just switch to the positives over the course of a few hours.
Now for me it is something that I have done for sometime and changing my mindset when I have had self doubt or low self esteem is second nature. I don't think I would do you service by trying to explain it here BUT I do have a solution for you.
I read a book recently called "Faster than normal" by Peter Shakeman and his advice is to do it whilst you lay in bed going to sleep. Make it a habit associated with the action of going to sleep (you're going to go to bed at some point). Don't just reel off a list though, provide a reason make it clear to you why YOU are grateful for it WHY it means so much to you.
"I am grateful that when I wake up in the morning I have a secure Job that I can go to which allows me to ensure that my family don't have to sleep in a damp moldy house or even worse the streets" or something like that "I am grateful that I get to go to bed on a full stomach, that my daughter does not have to ever worry about where her next meal is coming from and that she gets to have a nutritive meal that will aid her to become her best self"
really dig into that shit!
See what happens over the course of a couple of weeks when you do this consistently. Honestly, it changes so much more than you can imagine.
So the point of being grateful? To remind you what the fuck you are fighting for.
Comment your thoughts and how you get on
If you want more help with it then please reach out to me to see if I have something in my armoury of support that can be of service to you.
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