Gratitude is the New Form of Love: Start Feeling Grateful for Everything
The season of love is here and now that Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, what better way than to start feeling grateful for everything? Surely, gratitude is the new form of love. Here are a few ways to be thankful now.
An easy way to feel grateful is to appreciate all the people in your life, whether it’s your family or friends. When you remember that you have them in your life, you feel grateful, and feeling grateful builds up love for your life. Call your loved ones up and be in touch with your friends. There’s no better way to start building up gratitude.
Another simple way to feel thankful for what you have now is to feel gratitude for all the material things that you have (and no, I don’t mean start feeling like you have a lot or a little of whatever material things, but what I mean is to appreciate whatever things that help you in your life). Something you could be grateful for is for all the clothes in your closet. The moment you feel like you’re lacking something or have too much and feel bad about it, change your mindset to a feeling of gratitude for however your wardrobe is now. You’ll start to feel that appreciation for what you have and build gratitude within.
Of course, this may seem like one of the last things to feel grateful about but be thankful for the job that you have now, whether you like it or not, or even if you just feel okay about it. Feeling grateful for your job reminds you that you are doing alright, that you have enough to support you, and that there’s food on the table. The moment you feel any negativity about your job for whatever reason (maybe you had a bad day or you’re searching for another job), just remind yourself that you’re fine, and that you have a job to support you now. If you’re not working or don’t have a job right now, then be grateful that you’re still doing alright and have gotten so far.
Gratitude creates love. When you feel grateful, you feel loved, and then you start to feel like the best version of yourself. Once you start feeling that way, you’re on the way to a more successful life.
Shefali is the author of Own It! Love What You Already Have of which all book proceeds go toward good causes. She is an executive at her family’s business, and board director for two other companies. She’s an alumna of Columbia Business School in New York City and Drexel University. She lives in Dubai with her husband and continues to travel for work. To learn more, visit shefalikarani.com