The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – gratitude. A quality or feeling of being thankful, peaceful & appreciative. It’s recognising & acknowledging the kindness or compassion one has received, whether from people, circumstances or life itself. Gratitude is an emotional response to receiving something valuable or meaningful. Grateful feelings of love, warmth, humility, empathy & connectedness. Gratitude helps us cope with trauma, grief & challenges. It fosters a positive mindset, even in adversity. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back & realise that they were the big things” – Robert Brault. The more we authentically live & appreciate life, the more life appreciates & bestows back on us with surprising kindness & goodness.
Aristotle saw gratitude as part of living a virtuous life, essential for building belief & strong relationships. Cicero called gratitude the parent of all the other virtues. Existentialists link gratitude to our awareness of mortality & the gift of life itself. In religious philosophy, gratitude is directed towards God or a higher power, seen as a spiritual prayer, a way of aligning with the divine. Practicing gratitude consistently can have a profound impact on our happiness, health & well-being. It nurtures compassion, builds trust & resilience. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love” – Marcus Aurelius. The root of joy is gratefulness.
A gratitude journal is a powerful way to stay humble & grounded, to reduce stress & focus on the positive aspects of life. Journaling can give us new perspectives on what is important & what we truly appreciate in our lives. Keeping a gratitude journal inspires us to learn more about ourselves, to become more intuitive & self-aware. When we feel blue, we can read through our journal with hope & belief. It persuades us to be more mindful, kind & compassionate. We can feel accomplished, even if it’s a relatively small achievement. We all need a win to lift our spirit, no matter how big or small.
Gratitude journaling can provide a fresh sense of context or inter-connectedness. It reminds us how people or things in life are beautifully inter-connected. One of those rare moments in which we really recognise that the universe is so much bigger than us & that we are grateful just to be a tiny part of it.
What can a good gratitude journal contain? We can list small ways that we can or did share our gratitude today. We can write about something in our lives that we’re especially grateful for & why? What skills, abilities or positive developments are we thankful for? What are we taking for granted that we can be grateful for? What are we looking forward to? A moment that made us smile today? It’s just about being conscious about our new attitude of gratitude.
We can include surprises in our list. Spontaneous events provoke a greater emotional response than planned activities, excellent to look back on when we’re feeling stuck in the rut of routine or facing challenges. We can be as creative as we want with pictures or drawings. Gratitude journaling rewires & energises our brain to inspire a positive default mindset. Even on the hard days, it motivates us to find resilience, joy & self-compassion. Keeping a journal of what we’re truly grateful for stimulates us to see beauty in the chaos of life. The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see!
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