Stay in Gratitude- Count your Blessings!

So, what does it mean to count your blessings and being in gratitude?

To count your blessings and being thankful for what you have is what was not taught in any curriculum at school or college, neither in corporate world. This is what I heard from my mentors when I entered the program to develop a mindset of an entrepreneur. It's about being grateful for what's good in your life and not looking at what's not there, instead focus on what is there. Just imagine feeling proud, thankful, and joyful on a daily basis by looking at what you have!

Gratitude is the most powerful emotion that can be used to bring all-good into our life in absolute abundance. No matter who it is, no matter what the situation is, no matter where they are gratitude can dissolve any negative thoughts and bring a positive focus on your life.

Our thoughts, our feelings, our words, our beliefs all determine the vibrations and frequency of our energy. As we focus on gratitude and think, speak and feel gratitude we are transforming our energy frequency into one of the most powerful and highest frequencies of all

On the contrary it is impossible to bring more good into our life if we are feeling ungrateful for what we have. We might be good at everything but there might be jealousy or resentment or dissatisfaction or anger or blame or criticise or feeling of not enough, then one of these or many negative emotions are blocking our own good coming to us.

Ex - Assume we have a job and we are unhappy with it for whatever reason, and we keep blaming it or talking negative about it, in this scenario we cannot attract anything better, but if we are grateful for the fact that we at-least have a job while many out there don't have, we will be able to focus and attract situations that improve our existing job or maybe even get us a better one.

An attitude of gratitude means making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of our life, on a regular basis, for both the big and small things alike. "If we concentrate on what we have, we'll always have more. If we concentrate on what we don't have, we'll never have enough." 

Few ways to cultivate the power of gratitude

1. Wake up every day and express to yourself what you are grateful for (just give thanks for what all you have)
2. Write down at the end of the day what all you have and can give thanks for.
3. Tell whoever you are with right now (significant other, friend, family member, etc.) the 3 things that you are most grateful for in this moment
4. Start a gratitude journal - Express gratitude in this journal every night by noting the things that you are grateful for, proud of, and excited about
5. Acknowledge yourself for what you have done and accomplished in the last day/week/month/year. Instead of comparing yourself to others, give yourself credit for the big and small things you have been doing!
6. Acknowledge other people and thank them for inspiring/helping/supporting you - often people wait their whole lives to be acknowledged (and yet it happens far too infrequently)

If the gratitude process is hard to get started, begin by asking yourself, "What could I be grateful for?", and see if the ideas start to flow as your mind relaxes once you change your focus.

Every day won't be perfect but focusing on what we are grateful for tends to wash away feelings of anger and negativity.

The more you be and use gratitude every day the greater the good you will bring into your life. So, make gratitude a daily practice. Make it a habit. And remember that it is an instant antidote to feeling down or unhappy. It's a simple and always available way to shift from darkness back into the Light! Try it and you will see the changes happen, miraculously.