Five awesome ways to turn your life around

Number 1.

Gratitude

Many people underestimate the power of gratitude. Someone said that, gratitude is the oil that lubricates the wheels of a life of happiness. Gratitude is the act of showing appreciation or being grateful for everything. It is the quality of being thankful for things we have and things we hope to have and all the others we do not have. Someone said, if you cannot be grateful for what you have, at least be grateful for all the bad things you have been spared. Sometimes we focus so much on the bad things that happen to us, or the things we want and are not getting that, we completely forget about all the good things that happen to us every single day. Being grateful is appreciating every single thing that you encounter and focusing on the positives of life. It is not living in denial of the negative things, but it is a deliberate effort not to dwell on them. Every feeling is pure energy. It is what you focus that energy on that transforms its effect. If you focus on the negative things, you generate negative energy that completely shadows your experiences. It makes you pessimistic and depressed. However, if you choose to focus on all the good things that happen, you generate positive energy that completely brightens your day. Someone may be asking, “what if I don’t have any positive thing to focus on?”  Really? Are you sure about that? Let’s take a little analysis. Since you are reading this blog, you are alive, you have eaten, and you are educated. Also, you have access to a computer and the internet and you know how to use technology. How many positives are those? Do you have an idea of the number of people who do not have a single item on the list we just made?

 Here is an idea for you, get a journal and list at least three positive things that happens to you every day. Do this every evening before you go to bed and read them to yourself every morning before you go out the next day. Focus on these positives the whole day and refuse to dwell on the negatives. Do these continually for 21 days and you will see how your life will completely change. It is very important that you repeatedly condition your mind to focus on generating positive energy.  Look for the best in people and the silver lining on every cloud. See the light at the end of every tunnel and keep hope alive. Remember, gratitude is a statement of thanksgiving for things seen and hope for better things. 

Dedicated to my friend Sethlina, girl, you lived this principle.