Practice Gratitude

It is true and uplifting to practice gratitude.

When you tell someone, "I love you. I'm proud of you. You did a great job on that project." You're not just being kind; those are healing words. We don't know what people are going through. They may smile on the outside, but on the inside, they're hurting, they're lonely, they're insecure. Many people have wounds from the past, wounds from people putting them down, wounds from a relationship that didn't work out. Just a simple word of encouragement, "I'm praying for you." A simple compliment, "You look great today." It's no big deal to you, but to them, it's helping heal the wound, it's lifting their spirits, it's causing them to believe in themselves. Your words can be what keeps them moving forward.

Let'z make it part of ourselves used to giving thanks.

I doubt people 50, 100, or 200 years ago we're more grateful and less busy. They worked way harder, didn't had all the luxury of machines and tech helping them out. Most lived in fear and struggled to survive the day. It is the luxury of the human today to talk about "happiness", how to achieve it, and why we feel what we feel.

I doubt it can be measured how old a person should get and if the " getting older" can be measured at all. There are too many factors influencing a person's happiness these days. Poverty, the stress of government's bills piling up, living and raising children in a dangerous area, being over sensitive, health issues (already the knowledge about it is good for anxiety), etc.

Strong doubts I have about the believers. They do not shine, hardly smile, live in more fear, with more doubts than those who do not believe.

It's good to focus on the positive things as well but it won't help to fake gratefulness if you don't feel it that way. Those people with their tags about gratefulness are in many cases people with a fake life, low self-esteem, joining a club, and hope to be accepted but inside they cry and die. Those taggers are not the ones who like to hear from you if you suffer because these feelings are negative and should be under pressure which is not healthy.

Heart diseases, failures... I doubt they leave or never show up with optimistic people, those who are always smiling, laughing out loud, do not see the danger, live in fear. It might be interesting to test although those people will not lead similar lives, eat, sleep, etc the same, same friends, character, job.

Good topic and if it works for you, you can truly feel it, it's good to smile. 💕

I always give thanks to God for my life!🙏

We tend to forget it. Nicely expressed.

Thank you for reminding me that I must be grateful for so many good things that exist around me, endowed by God that they are completely free that we do not need money to buy them, and that I must always be grateful for being able to thank.