GRATITUDE; the way to getting more magically.

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him                                                                                                          

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My best quote for now

That is a quote that has been around over the years, and what it is referring to is GRATITUDE (the state of being grateful, appreciation, thankful for the tings we have), it has been passed from generation to generation and it begs the question ‘why should we really be grateful?’

 My young days, I always took things for granted, like every kid I think. Because we didn’t really know what is up with the real world.  I took so many things for granted , like the fact that I eat more than 3 times in a day (what ever I felt like ), I took for granted good health, I felt like I deserved to be healthy and so many more things. I didn’t express gratitude for the things I had, I was always wishing to have other things. I remember in boarding school I was always wishing I had some of Aisha’s foot wears, i wanted to be as pretty as Lola, as tall as Adegbo and i wanted Juliet’s provisions and so many other things, and mind you I had this things in my own portion  (my footwear wasn't even rubber) but I think indirectly I wanted what their parents offered or i what they had…as a young girl, it wasn't a state of mind to loose sleep over, but as I grew up, I started to see the errors of my train of thought and I began to appreciate things around me more. As I saw more and more of the world out there, I realized all the things I’d been given are not rights, I don’t deserve them but I have them.

I look at the issue in Borno, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Malaysia, Pakistan and the likes and I realize I could have been born to those part of the world but I am still in my house and I am safe

I see people that don’t have the parts of their body complete and I still have my 5 sensory organs complete, working perfectly. I eat in a plate, I sleep on a bed, I can’t say the same for some people. I still draw breathe, so what do I have to complain about. I should be overly grateful.

But thing is, we human beings aren't hardwired to be grateful, we always tend to focus on what we are missing in our lives, what problem is plaguing us rather then appreciating what we have, even if it is little. There is something I say a lot “Greed is a good motivation”, this quote further says that as human we always want more. It is not a crime to want more but been grateful for what you have sincerely gets you what you want faster. I promise.

I am not as religious as I would like to be but I finally understand. Personally I tell people that over think stuff that they should better be grateful, I am sure we all say that to people, but I don’t think we fully understand what been grateful gives us back in  return ( I just fully did myself) .

The Koran talks about gratitude;

“And (remember) when God proclaimed: ‘if you are grateful I will give you more; but if you are ungrateful verily my punishment is indeed severe.”

(Nike, I’m quoting. Eat you heart out)

The bible talks about gratitude;

“Whoever has gratitude will be given more, and he or she will have abundance. Whoever does not have gratitude, even what he or she has will be taken from him or her.

Apart from these significant books telling us to better be grateful else we could loose even what we have already… Great philosophers also often express gratitude to other people; Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Martin Luther, Leo Da Vinci, Gandhi and lot of others (they are the smart people, so..). The universal law even agrees too.  Apparently the law of attraction (you know, the one that governs the energy in the universe) says “like attract like”. It is because of the LOA that every cell in the human body is held together and even the substance of every material. The law also applies to our thought and feelings because they are energies too, whatever you feel or think you attract to you.

If you always look at the negatives in you life, you would attract negative but if you choose to always look at the positive in your life regardless of the situation, you would magnetise positive thing…

 Being grateful requires practice because one has to be sincere and like I said we aren’t hardwired to be grateful, we are all partial narcissist by nature. Well I have been practicing gratitude and I do that everyday by acknowledging what I have to be grateful for, saying it out loud and saying Alhamdulilah, Thank you God.. Every time I say that I feel lighter…TADA!  It is not hard but we have to constantly and sincerely express gratitude to reap the benefits.

I know it is hard to be grateful in difficult situations (blood, bone and flesh after all) but there are hundred of thousands of things that could have been worse (think about it), all you have to be is grateful and you would feel happier, you would set things in perspective, you would have a clear view basically and lets not forget, you attract positive things in you life.

I am grateful  for the gift of life, for my parents ,siblings, partner, friends, air, sun, rain, organs, bed,2^nd chances, music, camera phones, clothes, disappointments, happy days, crushes, TV, water, plants, trees, psp, electricity, teachers, fake friends, heartbreaks, a mind  ………….the list is endless. I am just grateful….this might seem like silly things but they are basic reasons to be grateful.

Gratitude is the key to living happier…