On Being Grateful

A concept that's been coming up a lot for me this year is having an attitude of gratitude or in other words (that resonate more for me) Being grateful for what you already have.



I the last week or so I've been really making the most of this new understanding I have about it.



I like to learn from different teachers and sources, but it was Wayne dyer's writing that made me re-consider all my teachings on gratitude.



He was saying as a way of practicing the Tao, we need to be grateful for what we have already, that when we are purchasing something we should be patient and think whether we really need it, not buy it, buy it as a gift for someone else or give the equivalent money to charity. He says if you do buy it, you've got let yourself be totally grateful for this.



So this week I've been taking the things I have already bought and being grateful for them and I've found as a result I'm experiencing greater joy from the things I already own that I'm being really grateful for.



I'm really grateful for this new game I bought, you get to ski around and its physically rewarding (to some extent), and it brings me a lot of joy.



I'm really grateful for my job, being able to come in everyday and do work that stimulates me and the people I work with.



I got this morning I told myself to be more grateful for my room, so I did a bit of tidying and I found cd I bought almost about a month ago that I didn't even take out of the wrapping yet!



So I thought I should show my gratitude, I put the cd on and it was great! I listened to the cd while I was exercising and really enjoyed and was grateful for being able to have the experience for listening to it.



Now I'm curious about gratitude, because there must be other things I'm not acknowledging in my life, that could really enhance my experience if I acted with more gratitude for the things I have already. A great thing is, that having the attitude of gratitude will make you think differently about your goals in life as well. Sometimes I think I'm setting goals because I think the results will make me happy, but really the goals should be re-considered in the light of gratitude, because I definitely think that once I'm on the path to my goals I'm feeling happier, so the motivation has changed slightly, and I need to reconsider where my motivation is, where my leverage is, in order to keep up momentum, and redefine the goal with a new appreciation for what I already have and what the goal will bring me.



Thanks for reading :)