Tip #1: Find Something
Positive in the Negativeegative
Instead of getting upset about what for you is
probably a challenging moment, take a moment or
two to shift that negative energy into one
that’s positive.
If you're stuck in an ongoing traffic-jam for
instance, see it as an opportunity to meditate
or get into a calmer state before getting home.
Tip #2:
Stop and Smell the Roses
Change the way you think about your day by
stopping and smelling the roses or flowers for a
moment—literally.
Tip #3:
Pause and Look Around
A simple way to help cultivate the gratitude
mindset is to take a moment during your day and
ask who or what you are grateful for in your
life, and why.
What this will do is force you to think of (and
appreciate) the people and things around you and
help foster a gratitude mindset that’ll serve
you (and others) well.
Tip # 4:
Look Into Yourself
Take a look at yourself. When you cultivate a
habit; a gratitude habit: of being appreciative
and grateful to yourself, it’ll bring about a
self-esteem boost and self-confidence that’ll
astound you.
IMPORTANT:
Your self-gratitude doesn't have to be about any
accomplishment but about the qualities you
possess.
Tip # 5:
Think About The Things You Take for Granted
Yes, don’t focus only on the big and obvious
things of which to be grateful for but also of
the smaller things that you may overlook or
ignore.
Opening your eyes to the smaller things allows you
to see more of the simple beauties in life and
appreciate them for what they truly are.
Tip #6: Be
Grateful For the Many Things That Surround
You
For the ability to simply walk around, walk in
the park or spend time outdoors. For the oxygen that the trees provide:
to connect with nature. The handy works of nature itself are simple
undertakings but important undertakings that
enable us to view stressful situations for
instance (among other things) in a new way, but
also a way to demonstrate acts of gratitude.
Tip # 7: Give Gratitude Early In the Morning or
Throughout The Day
Make it a habit.
Yes, the more of it you do, and the more often
you do it, it then becomes habit-forming and one
of those things you’ll be unable to not do.
Tip # 8:
Think About What Gets You Out of a Foul Mood
Rather than getting mad at someone, focus
instead on things that make you grateful.
This won’t always be easy, as it may require a
significant attitude or mindset shift.
Doing so, however, can slowly alter or improve
your mood but also improve your relationship
with others.
Tip # 9:
Think About Making A Relationship Transformation
If your relationship (with your spouse or
significant other) has been going
down-hill for the last 12 months or so,
criticizing him/her can quickly descend into a
verbal fighting match or worse, a battle between
Godzilla and Rodan.
Should there be the urge to criticize, stop,
take a deep breath, calm down and instead of
telling your significant-other that you’re no
longer in love, think about the host of reasons
why you’ve been grateful to him/her in earlier
times, then share your gratitude as soon as the
right moment presents itself.
A wise move you’ll agree, and one that’ll likely
help rekindle and strengthen your relationship
but also enhance your ability to be grateful
under pressure or during tough, trying or
challenging circumstances.
Tip # 10:
Giving Gratitude
Can Help Improve Your Parenting Skill
Parental responsibilities are as broad as they
are deep and often we (parents) get frustrated
with our kids. Unfortunately, we also voice our
frustrations way too often, leaving the kids
feeling terrible (or worse) about themselves.
If you are a parent, rather than consistently
criticizing, blaming and shaming, take a moment
to reflect on the countless ways in which you
are grateful for having your kids, share those
reasons with them and see it as an opportunity
to teach them the values that you hold dear,
with gratitude so you'll both be better for it.
Tip # 12:
Be Grateful - It Can Help You Better Deal
With Tragedy
Often, and without warning, tragedy strikes.
In such tragic situations most people, instead
of worrying, become angry and beat themselves
up. In fact, facing tragedy in life can be
crippling, but only if we let them.
Instead of worrying, being angry and beating up
yourself, try being grateful for the life that
you still have.
While you may need to grieve (in the worse case
scenario) you can also take away something even
more significant from that tragic situation—the
cherished memories of the departed, love for
those still in your life, appreciation for the
fleeting beauty of life itself and again,
gratitude for the life you still have.
Importantly, take the opportunity to show
appreciation for those around you and find ways
to give gratitude for the blessings of having
them in your life.
Tip #13: Be Mindful of You Becoming Overwhelmed
With Negative Thoughts or Feelings
I’ve yet to meet someone who hasn’t been
overwhelmed from time to time.
So have I, and almost the point of giving up; to
the point of despair, even.
Remarkably, life has a way of testing us.
With the right attitude, mindset, will, and
being grateful for your countless other
blessing, however, you can find a way to get
past whatever test comes your way and move
forward.
Tip #14:
Go at least one Day with No Complaint
Set a new attitude or pattern in your life by
abstaining from complaining for an entire day.
Work to find one good thing among the dozen of
things that might negatively impact you and feel
transformed by what has hopefully become a new
attitude.
Tip #15: Pay a Genuine Compliment
Be it to a stranger, family member or friend,
share a compliment, an act of kindness or
genuinely praise. It’s one way to spread the
love, but also a way to uplift, incentivize and
propel you into focusing on the good and build
stronger relationships but also a way to perform
gracious acts and express gratitude unhindered.
Tip #16:
A Selfless
Act Done To You and Others
Be grateful for something that may have happened
to you yesterday or something unexpected that’s
happened to you recently and how has it has
impacted you.
Tip #17: Be Grateful for any Former Negative
Habits
How they’ve impacted you up to a certain point;
for having fought many battles (and won) and how
you overcame and turned them around for good.
Tip #18: Be grateful for The One Person In your
Life
Who You Can Rely On Every Time, When No One Else
Will
Someone who, through an act of goodwill, has
offered you an opportunity that’s increased your
income level perhaps and has been instrumental
un improving your life.
Important: do not get hung up on the number, if
you can only think of one person, that's okay.
What matters is taking a few moments to think
about what you're grateful for, and be blessed
for having done it.
Tip
#19:
Dedication:
Gratitude Involves Writing Your Thoughts
About People and Things of Which You’re
Grateful
Make a commitment to write often: daily, weekly,
or on a schedule that suits you best; about
things ranging from being thankful for waking up
in the morning to feeling rested to getting to
work on time and about the people in your life
including the ones who’ll be there for you no
matter what.
Tip #20: Reflect on The Present—and
Future: of What You're Grateful For In The
Present
And as for the future:
write down as many of the things that you wish
for or that you’ll need, going forward, and give
gratitude for them like they’d already occurred.
What this will do, is help you become
more mindful and appreciative of your daily
experiences and your ability to visualize how
things may unfold going forward.
It is amazing how even a single affirmative
action can change so much in someone's life.
That said, as stated earlier, life has a way of
testing us. But we do not always have to be what
life or life-situations hand us.
Tip #21:
Start Your Gratitude Journaling Practice ASAP
I’ve already provided you with ample reasons why
you should, which I need not restate here.
But this is so important I’d like to take a
moment to encourage and urge you to, as in life
we, at times, need a little encouragement; a
little prodding.
After all, depending on how you choose to do
it’ll take some time out of your routine and
life to even jot down or express the things for
which you’re grateful.
Rest assured, however, that
gratitude-journaling brims with
life-augmentation and
life-augmentation possibilities.
With that in mind, get up and running and start
benefiting from a practice that’s so richly
rewarding, that you’ll ask yourself why didn’t
you get into it years earlier.
A Personal Comment and Final Segment Notes
Importantly, make gratitude a habit.
It need not take lots of time or effort either
and taking even small steps at a time to show
appreciation to yourself, and others, can work
wonders for you both.
In fact, to truly boost your gratitude mindset
and happiness, make it a point to express your
gratitude; make other people in your life feel
happier by showing how much you’re grateful for
having them.
Not only will this put a smile on their faces,
it’ll brighten your day, inspire you, invigorate
something deep inside, boost your overall
well-being and keep you invigorated, inspired
and happy.
Whatever happens, though, stay positive; let
your positive state of flow and your true human
spirit kick in; do whatever it takes, chain
yourself to a chair even, and like someone has
said, the universe might just surprise you.
Importantly, by integrating some (Or all) of the
above exercises and acts of gratitude into your
daily living, you’ll quickly learn what giving
gratitude actually feels like but more
importantly, how:
1.
Gratitude fosters mindset shifts and energy.
2.
How it attracts more positive experiences into
our lives.
3.
How it can
help improve our overall well-being
4.
How
the benefits of the practice itself are
incalculable and…
5.
How
compelling are the reasons why your need to
practice gratitude in your daily living.
More Gratitude-Journaling
Insights and Tips
Chapter o9: Going Beyond The Basics!
Chapter 10: Defining and Setting Attainable
Goals!
Chapter 11: Gratitude-Journaling Tips, Ideas &
Writing Prompts To Keep You Going!
Chapter 12: 21 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude,
Becoming Super Inspired and Lead a More
Fulfilled, Healthier, Richer and Happier Life!
Chapter 13: Giving Gratitude In Advance!
Chapter 14: Giving Gratitude During Difficult
Times!
Chapter 15: Misplaced Gratitude Can Be Harmful!
Chapter 16: Higher-Order Thinking and Writing!
Chapter 17: Greater-Good Gratitude Journaling!
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