Gratitude

Gratitude is important if you want to make changes in your life. You need to appreciate what you have in order for more things that you want to happen.

By being grateful you focus on positive and nice things. Things that you enjoy in your life and like to experience. Things that make you feel good. So it will enhance all the other work that you do.

It may be that you are in a very dark place right now and cannot think of anything to be grateful for. Maybe you're up to your eyeballs in debt or your partner has just left you and you feel extremely low and depressed. So you start small. When I first started believe me I struggled to find even one thing to be grateful for! And sometimes it was more of a negative than a positive. You know, well I suppose I'm grateful it's not raining or freezing cold. If you're in a "bad" place and really struggling then it can take effort to be grateful.

But it honestly does get easier the more you do it. And along with this it helps if you can just be in the moment. So don't think about yesterday or worry about tomorrow. Just concentrate on each moment as it happens. So if you like hot baths, make the effort to really appreciate it when you have one. So not only are you feeling grateful but you are being aware of how it makes you feel, which is good. At first, other thoughts will likely come in, like well that's all good and well but I have a huge pile of bills waiting for me and no means to pay them. Accept that you've thought that and then go back to enjoying your bath. Really try to notice when you do something that makes you feel good. If you're outside and the sun suddenly shines, notice it.

If thoughts become things and like attracts like then feeling gratitude is good because you will get more of what you want.