When YOU are thankful life gets better
By katie0
@katie0 (5203)
Japan
April 12, 2012 4:44pm CST
Your day, and then your life becomes better. We have a thousand reasons to complain and say what's wrong, but I and many people I believe forget about the things we can be grateful for.
This is one of those days that you wake up and realize your life is so great, is so full.
I can walk, I'm able to see, I have my sight, my intelligence is intact, one might even say I'm perfect. Then we try to be humble and say I'm not perfect, well I'm perfect as I can be: physically everything is okay but how can I have been forgeting to be thankful for it for the last few days?
The first thing I did when I opened my eyes was to look at the ceeling but not looking at it, actually moving my thoughts towards God and I realized how much He gives me. It is a lot. We are actually blessed.
Let's remind each other of the things to be thankful for, we often forget!
Bad, bad God's daughter.
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8 responses
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
14 Apr 12
It's more clear for me now that happiness is but a choice, it takes hard work, to be unhappy we can just let things the way it is, now to be happy we have to choose thoughts, change from negative to positive, decide to forgive, to let the little things go, to see the good things in situations we expected more from it or even when we wait people would do more or act differently.
Happiness is a choice, it takes hard work!
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
13 Apr 12
I think so.
When i go back to my home, I will take time to visit the temples. At there I thank the god to give me so many good things and pray peace for my family. After doing that i will get the peace of my heart and can calm down to send out for a new way. Usually I will be very lucky after visiting temple. That must the the power of thankful life.
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
12 Apr 12
hello there!
i will definitely agree with you that most of the times we forget how to be grateful for all the blessings we have. we are all blessed in different way so whatever we have right now is just what we really need.
since we are human, we are always prone to always complaining and keep on looking to something we don't have. we are never contented that is why but if only just look around and see what we have are the most essential then we'll appreciate our life and all the blessings that may come.
have a blessed day and stay happy.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
14 Apr 12
Thank you so much dear!
I'm here (couldn't discuss the day I created the discusssion) in a very bad day, yesterday I found some preatty shaking news and I was still shaken by it but now checking this discussion again how ironic, I ended up writing it for myself as well, for myself in the future.
Just by seeing it my mood has changed. We have to WORK for happiness, it doesn't just happen.
I can choose today (day is just begining in this part of worl) I can choose for the next few seconds to feel good, in the next minute maybe being as happy as I can, and then half day will pass and april 14th will have been a good day.
@Archaiwy (599)
• China
13 Apr 12
You are quite right in this point.If one is thankful ,he will think of things in a positive way.Even if he meets with difficulties,he will not lose heart , on the contrary,he will try to deal with it with courage.And we should be thankful nd grateful to what we have and what we are doing and be ready to help others.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
14 Apr 12
Yes, thank you.
Trying to be positive today and always.
I think it's hard being happy, to be unhappy we can just let go, not change thoughts, do not change atittude, be unthankful, now to be happy, man there are a lot to do. To know ourselves, to watch ourselvs constantly for being unthankful, for holding against someone, for keep thinking about something bad it was done and get hurted again. When we are thankful we forgive and let go, maybe it's not possible to forget completely, but maybe who knows forgiving it's closest we can get.
@cyndidaki2871 (83)
• Philippines
13 Apr 12
To be thankful for everything that we have or for something that is about to come is an extraordinary act of gratitude for the everlasting love that our creator has given us.As they say being grateful for every undertaking tantamount for it are bountiful blessings so to be able to have such kind of life's tranquility it should be in conformity with the things that we do.
And also one must strive harder in order to survive not just being dependent with our divine creator's continuous guidance and reverence.Remember we are blessed in almost everything or in any aspect of entity so be be humble enough since a great feeling and well being exist for any acts of greatness.
@joannetigue (2)
• Bonaire, Georgia
28 Oct 13
I wake up in the morning and find if I thank God just for another day and all that comes with it I can tell him, God this is a day that you have made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. I will be HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
14 Apr 12
Gratitude is one thing all of us can do and it's free. Just that fact that we awake each morning is cause for this. Another lesson I have learned is that we cannot be the light unless we are aware of the dark. Think about that one. What i do know and have proof of is that if we give what we wish to receive it will be done. Blessings, the choice is yours.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
15 Apr 12
Hi katie: I agree with you and actually I try to be as thankful as I could. There are so many things to be thankful for in our life starting for the miracle of being alive, having food, friends, family and to have a dream.}
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