Making time to feel gratitude and really be thankful for the things we have in our lives is a powerful habit to undertake.
Yes, there can be disappointments and hard times in life, but dwelling on these aspects of our lives only makes life feel like a hard slog each and every day. Luckily there is another way…
‘When we focus on gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.’ Kristin Armstrong
‘The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.’ James E. Faust
By consciously being grateful for what we already have, we shift our mindset to a more positive place where we can feel love and appreciation more freely. This, in turn, creates more happiness in our lives.
‘It is not happy people who are grateful, it is grateful people who are happy.’ Unknown
Make sure to set aside some time each day this month to use the prompts below to really think about gratitude and how you can include more of it in your life.
Cherishing feelings of genuine gratitude can really help to enrich our lives and even fuel us to create even more to be grateful for in life!
I hope you love this 30-day challenge and that it helps you to find more to be thankful for in your life and have a more positive outlook in general.
If you want to keep going with your Gratitude Practice, check out the below bonus actions or simply go through this challenge again!
Bonus Actions
- Think of ways you can show your gratitude to others on a regular basis
- How can you help someone who is struggling?
- Write a thank you letter to someone fighting on your behalf (soldiers, politicians, good samaritans etc…)
- Think of 10 things you are grateful every day (try and make them different things each day!)
- Go through your day imagining love and happiness spreading out from you to everyone you come across
- Regularly volunteer or donate to a cause that is important to you
All the best,
Sarah xo