Appreciating the Present

Appreciate what you have. You may not need what you don't have. Sometimes. Yeah.

Reasons to be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have today. The things you complain about today might turn into the things you will beg and pray for tomorrow.

Being Thankful for Your Losses

Don't just be grateful for what has been added to your life. There are also people and things that are no longer in your life. You should be thankful for that too because absence can spare you from sorrow.

Displaying Gratitude Now

It is sometimes easier to complain than to meditate on the good things we already have. Don't wait to experience adversity and then be grateful. Display gratitude now.

Feeling Unappreciated

Have you ever felt like no one appreciates all that you do? One question to ask yourself is, why do you crave that appreciation? Does it make you feel more human? Why can't you survive without it? Be careful because you should be able to stand strong independent of whether you are appreciated or not.

The Beauty of Gratitude

Some people say well I will be grateful after I get this or that. Wait a minute. Your inner attitude shouldn't depend on your external circumstances. You need to be thankful and joyful regardless of what is around and that will stay with you through the good times and bad times.

How to Deal with Feelings of Unappreciation

Sometimes you might feel like you are unappreciated and misunderstood. One hard thing to understand is that appreciation is something rare in this day and age. You yourself might sometimes be forgetting to thank significant people in life. So instead of waddling in self-pity about being unappreciated then convert that energy into thanking as many people as you can who have played big and small roles in your livelihood.

A Reserve of Positive Energy

A  lot of things that we do begin with a thought. Some of these thoughts seem to be so outright from our head but some seem to have come from a hidden place even after many years. The mind is just an amazing area to explore. We cannot exhaust our knowledge of the human mind but with the little that we know it is obvious that our thoughts play our part in influencing our actions. So don't surround yourself with negative information. Find ways to see the positive in the negative every day because you never know when you will need that reserve of positive energy.

Optimism

 Are you putting off your happiness, or do you know someone who is? Putting off your happiness, and daily living in misery is like robbing one's self of the beauty of life. Every day should not just be a day to get over with it, but one to cherish. Learn to make everyday count with the currency of optimism in every circumstance. Take time to dance through the rains and sunshine of life!!!

Gratitude is like a boomerang!

Today I was watching Passions,  a soap opera that I used to watch like 13 years ago. I enjoyed the drama and noticed a lot of stuff I hadn't ever thought of before. And, out of nowhere I began to feel a sense of gratitude. I began to feel so grateful to have a family, health, a job and much more.

Honestly, when watching these soap operas there are actually moments that can help you reflect on life. For me today, it was just realizing how thankful I am to have a sound mind, food, clothes, shelter and much more! More than that, I desire to not only use the blessings I attain in my life for me; but for others so they can also have such moments of gratitude.

So no matter what you are going through today....take a minute and think about what you already have before allowing gloom, jeaolousy, envy or despair to imprison you. And you might be surprised that being thankful and having an attitude of gratitude towards others ends up giving you a great sense of peace and satisfaction.

Happy Saturday!