It’s easy to be grateful when things are going well, but what do you do when they aren’t? Here are some tips on practicing gratitude when times are tough.
Gratitude is noticing and appreciating your life and the people things and experiences within it. It can be an action and expression, a feeling and a way of life.
When things are going well, it’s easy to be grateful. The hard part is learning to practice gratitude when times are tough.
Choose Gratitude
Gratitude is not just a response it can be a decision as well.
When things go wrong, the practice of gratitude can be a powerful instrument to bring peace healing and transformation into your life. Practicing gratitude helps you keep things in perspective.
When difficult circumstances arise, it’s easy to be swept away by sadness, grief, fear, and despair. Gratitude reminds you of what is currently good in your life.
When you focus on what you’re grateful for, you become fully present in the current moment. It reminds you to take time for yourself and care for yourself. It also gives you the opportunity to appreciate and care for others.
Practicing Gratitude
By practicing gratitude intentionally, you give yourself the power to create your own experience. It reminds you that things can change, that you can make things better and that you can get through difficult times.
Gratitude allows you to let go of the need to control the outcome of things that you have no control over. It allows you to accept your life and be open to living it.
A practice of gratitude can be as simple as looking for a single thing in your life that you can truly appreciate and allowing yourself to feel grateful for experiencing it.
Or it can be as difficult as looking for the hidden benefit in a difficult situation. It’s there if you look for it but it may require a shift in your perspective to see it.
That’s what gratitude is – a shift in perspective. With gratitude, you appreciate your experience of life, both the good and the bad. Through gratitude, you connect with something much greater than yourself and, in the process, transform your own life.
