After my last post 'Weave gratitude into your life', one of the main
questions I was asked was how to ensure being present.
As I
mentioned in the previous article, we have no shortage of distractions in
our everyday life as every single second, minute, and hour slips away from
us before we even realize it is gone.
I also gave a method
by which we can consciously focus on being grateful throughout the
day.
In this article, I want to suggest another method that
can possibly be even more fun in our journey towards a more grateful
living.
Get a group of friends you can connect with and create a gratitude group. You can help each other and guide each other to stay on the
path of gratitude. You can even help each other notice more things to be
grateful for.
Even if, in a group of 3-4 people, each can have 2 things to be grateful
for twice a week, it is a good place to start.
There are times when some of us feel a lot of resistance to even move
toward gratitude. This could also be because of a fear that if we are
grateful - if we acknowledge, something is worth being thankful for, we will
get stuck there and it will not get better.
But that's not what happens. The more we are thankful for, the more
opportunities we get to be thankful for.
I also acknowledge, there will be times when the only thing that feels good
is to complain about everything. And that's ok, as long as we go through
that phase, come out of it and move towards gratitude again.
A gratitude group will be very helpful in these situations. So go
ahead, set up your own gratitude group, and let it light up the
lives of you and your loved ones.
If you would like to start the journey to welcome the miracles of gratitude into your
own life, connect with me from the above or the below links.