Are You Truly Grateful Or Just Saying That You Are?
When was the last time you felt gratitude? What were you grateful for? Was it a major event in your life? Maybe you or one of your friends or relatives got through a life threatening situation or a misfortune and you were so grateful that they survived? Maybe you had a child? Think about it for a while.
When you thought of that situation where you felt gratitude, did you feel the feeling now as well? I bet you did (especially if it was a major event in your life). It usually feels as if we were back in that moment. If you didn’t, do you think that if you tried hard enough you could feel the same gratitude even now? What’s stopping you? You may think that the circumstances in your life right now prevent you from feeling that gratitude, but I’m telling you that you are in control of your feelings.
We’ll explore this idea more later on this page. Hold on to the memory of that moment of gratitude you thought of a moment ago, it will come in handy later.
Please note that the emphasis here is on feeling gratitude. It is not expressed just by saying you are grateful and slapping an emoji on your Instagram or Facebook post, like we so often tend to do nowadays.
#grateful.
(jokes aside, it’s actually great to remind yourself to be grateful across all medias you use. Buy those fridge magnet letters and spell grateful on your fridge door. Write it on your mirror. That way you’ll be reminded to be grateful every day.)