Mastering The Act Of Gratitude
Have you ever helped two people and got two different responses. One expressing gratitude while the other not expressing gratitude, how do you feel. It would always prompt us to do more for someone who has master the act of gratitude. Sense of entitlement is often seen in the long run and rebuked. Someone's bad habit of entitlement may not be perceived early, so he or she continues with such act, but as soon as it is perceived by the giver, it suddenly irritates and want to make that person stop helping.
Helping is always off freewill, you can convince someone into giving or work their emotions into being sympathetic enough to want to release unto you, but definitely not everytime, the best way to help and keep helping is when the person likes to help and sincerely wants to help, mind you sometimes we know someone is in dire need yet we don't want to let go because we wish to use that resources for something else more appealing to our soul. Now you wonder why some men would refuse their wives at home money only to give it to another girl outside, its simply because they are excited to help because of the exciting treatment they are to receive.
So how then do we get people to want to help us and be happy about helping us, simple - Gratitude. Gratitude sends a clear message of I did the right thing, I helped the right one. You know many times after we've rendered help we could still remember helping and wished we held back the resources, especially during times of going through financial difficulties. It doesn't mean we are bad to think that way you know, only that we needed it and found out we've spent it already then our mind asks question like "was it worth it " "has God blessed me for it yet" "Is the person worth it", but all this question can be avoided if the one helped showed gratitude.
Apart from easing the mind of the one helping, gratitude ensures we get more. I feel like knowing the right expression of gratitude is a skill to learn. Everyday people are being uplifted because they were humble enough to appreciate as they should or more. Its really is not easy preserving an upline relationship, I mean a relationship between a person of higher status and a person of lower status, it really isn't easy to bear and continue giving out what you have inside it could be ideas, it could be knowledge, it could be money, so many a person can offer to another, but all this needs gratitude as a substitute for payment especially in cases where you can't pay their bills.
I have issues with people who see no need to appreciate a man like them, they say "I can be too submissive to another human like me" others could say its only God I can be humble too", as much as I understand what they are saying, but life has its order and men has its respect accorded to it, if a man is requesting to be worshiped then such man is wrong, however men should be respected as earned, there are powers allocated to us and such powers can be exerted on a selected few, those selected subjects to him, such as a king, a boss, a mother, house owner, the wealthy, by virtue of positioning this people are deserving of respect to whom it applies, refusal to respect is termed foolishness.
However God blesses us through men, he doesn't offer the blessing in person, a fellow human is the conveyor. See it this way the conveyor is a human and his filled by personal characters, don't you think God can send him your way but an irritating character repels him from helping. Just as a man can seated with the king but after the conversation the king offers nothing cause nothing pleases him. While there have been others that have been helped tremendously just by spending fewer time with the king, I bet the secret to all this can still be found in gratitude, the act of appealing the soul, gratitude is a key and would help a lot when it becomes an habit.
More reason why we should wake up every day to gratitude, show that we are grateful for the wonderful help that God has always offered to us. These acts of gratitude is pleasing to God and would surely unlock more doors of blessing unto us. Can you remember how the story explains it in the parable of the 10 lepers, how that one person who came back to say thank you was blessed with an extra package more than the other 9 of the lepers, I bet the others would have seen the difference in the miracle and be amazed with how he got his so well and they didn't catch theirs as good as him.
Gratitude opens the mind to joy, imagine being happy with what you've done, it feels like a right investment and it sends joy down the spine. Leave pride for those who has it all but for all who still needs help to keep growing, I bet it's best we master the act of humility and gratitude, it helps a great deal.
Thanks For Reading this article, Let's inculcate the attitude of gratitude and enjoy the benefits it would surely birth forth. Let Love Continue To Lead.
Gratitude aids people in experiencing more positive emotions, appreciating wonderful experiences, improving their health, dealing with adversity, and forming meaningful connections.