What is Living in Gratitude?
grat·i·tude
ˈɡradəˌt(y)o͞od/
noun
the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
If gratitude is a state of being that is essential to a life well lived, why then, in modern times, do we not cultivate and express it on a daily basis?
After all, giving thanks and expressing appreciation for the blessings and gifts of life is a natural human response.
Perhaps the key reason we do not make gratitude a part of our daily lives is that the accelerated pace and multiple distractions of modern life have simply made it all too easy to forget gratitude’s importance.
Let’s start counting a few of my countless gratitude.
- I am grateful to be given this good life, to be able to breathe, laugh, eat, love, smell, taste, see, feel, touch.
- I am grateful for my family who love me dearly.
- I am grateful for i have a husband, beautiful daughter whom i can express this different taste and dimension of love and affection.
- I am grateful for I have a company of my own.
- I am grateful for i have a sisterly “cruella” friend like you who are honest, true to your heart, smart, loving, caring, listens to my sh*t, generous, and….most of all….who love me so much (iya kan, ngaku aja lah).
What should be a serious story from either one of us, has always managed to cracked a joke for the other one.
So, that’s what Living in Gratitude means to me.
The expression of gratitude creates an opening that invites many other positive states and experiences into our lives.
Gratitude often ignites acts of generosity; we are moved to offer ourselves to others without expecting anything in return. Buddhists refer to generous acts that are freely given as “royal generosity.”
So thank you, Moz, for your royal generosity.