Have you ever stopped to watch the clouds roll by on a cool Summer evening after listening to the storm all day? That’s what I’m doing right now. Practicing Gratitude in 2023 doesn’t take as much as you think. Go get you some. I’ll wait.
Did you go check out the clouds today? We’ve all got some. Whether they be in the sky or in your mind, check on those bad boys and watch them roll away.
Take this time to absorb all things nature. The cows mooing across the pasture, the birds chirping in the air, perched on their place of choice. Maybe you hear the sounds far off in the distance of the wind rolling in. Take exactly one minute to close your eyes and embrace that wind brushing against you without sight. I guarantee you that one minute will go by much slower than you think.
Every day in this fast-paced world, we argue, we conquer, we obtain, we object, we brutalize one another with our words and our actions, instead of harmonizing more often with nature and within ourselves. If only more of us strange humans would embody this feeling more frequently, perhaps we wouldn’t be so frazzled by red lights and construction, or classmates calling us names, or ladies at the grocery store arguing about literal spilled milk. Shake that shit to the curb, my friends.
Why do we all find ourselves actually having to practice being grateful?? Why is it that we have these high expectations of what abundance is, of what happiness is, and of what true wealth is? Gratitude is something that almost all of us crazies lack just enough to set us into a downward spiral. And you know the best part? It’s basically the easiest out of all of these things to obtain.
Absorb the feelings that wash over you when you’re driving or walking down the street. Feel them the whole way through and understand them. Take time to be grateful for the bad and the good, for those both are what makes you, you.
When will being grateful come easier to you? Have you practiced this in the past, only to let it slip by on a busy day, promising yourself that you’ll come back to it, “someday.”
Why someday? When will that day be right to start up again? Perhaps you’ll find time after a loved one has passed, or when you’ve hit the lottery or maybe when you find the new perfect puppy. These are the times that gratitude floods over us with such ease that we don’t even realize it’s present.
The best kind of gratitude is the kind that you are fully present for. When you’re actually being mindful about how wonderful this thing called life really is, and what it is you’ve been put here to help others do.
Maybe it’s writing a blog and reaching to the far corners of the web, or perhaps it’s a small gesture like taking out the trash for a loved one after they’ve had a difficult week. Maybe it’s just speaking to yourself with love and confidence in the mirror every night, or every morning before you start your trek into the world of the unknown.
Whatever it is, be there for it.
Be fully and completely there.
It can be hard practicing gratitude in 2023 at times. Many days we are stuck in overdrive or on some annoying loop that we can’t close. Day in and day out we hit go before the light even turns green, and we end up face planting into our pillow only to wish away the next day before it even gets here.
So, how do you practice gratitude correctly? Well, for starters, there is no right or wrong way. There’s only your way.
That’s right, each way of being grateful on our journeys will be different. Each day will bring new obstacles that we think we’ll never jump over. Every morning will bring new challenges and each night will let in more demons. The choice is yours in what you choose to bring with you into Day Number Two of your journey into your new practice of gratitude.
Will you say hello to the birds more often? Will you say thank you and hello to more strangers that cross your path? Would you think more clearly knowing that you have been the best human being you could be? Most likely.
So why don’t more of us do that more often? Taking advantage of feeling good more frequently seems like a no brainer. But alas, here we are talking about it more than ever.
I challenge you to take one full and complete deep breath every single morning. This takes less than 10 seconds. You can do anything for 10 seconds. So, make it a good one.
Think clearly and completely within those 10 seconds and stay grateful the entire time by thinking about one new thing each morning that you are grateful for.
Maybe it’s about something that happened yesterday, or last week. Or maybe it’s about an upcoming event that you feel entirely blessed about. Perhaps it’s just one large beautiful flock of birds passing over you and embracing the swoosh that they make as a flock.
Whatever it is, let’s talk about it. Feel fully okay with sharing your experiences by joining in on the community of others doing the same. Leave a sentence below encapsulating that feeling and let us embark further together on what it means to you. You are appreciated.
Stay grateful, my friends.
Thank you for reading today’s post Practicing Gratitude in 2023! See my last post Introducing Habitual Balance.
Check out our sister site Rooted in Reselling
Every day in this fast-paced world, we argue, we conquer, we obtain, we object, we brutalize one another with our words and our actions, instead of harmonizing more often with nature and within ourselves. If only more of us strange humans would embody this feeling more frequently, perhaps we wouldn’t be so frazzled by red lights and construction, or classmates calling us names, or ladies at the grocery store arguing about literal spilled milk. Shake that shit to the curb, my friends.
Why do we all find ourselves actually having to practice being grateful?? Why is it that we have these high expectations of what abundance is, of what happiness is, and of what true wealth is? Gratitude is something that almost all of us crazies lack just enough to set us into a downward spiral. And you know the best part? It’s basically the easiest out of all of these things to obtain.
Absorb the feelings that wash over you when you’re driving or walking down the street. Feel them the whole way through and understand them. Take time to be grateful for the bad and the good, for those both are what makes you, you.
When will being grateful come easier to you? Have you practiced this in the past, only to let it slip by on a busy day, promising yourself that you’ll come back to it, “someday.”
Why someday? When will that day be right to start up again? Perhaps you’ll find time after a loved one has passed, or when you’ve hit the lottery or maybe when you find the new perfect puppy. These are the times that gratitude floods over us with such ease that we don’t even realize it’s present.
The best kind of gratitude is the kind that you are fully present for. When you’re actually being mindful about how wonderful this thing called life really is, and what it is you’ve been put here to help others do.
Maybe it’s writing a blog and reaching to the far corners of the web, or perhaps it’s a small gesture like taking out the trash for a loved one after they’ve had a difficult week. Maybe it’s just speaking to yourself with love and confidence in the mirror every night, or every morning before you start your trek into the world of the unknown.
Whatever it is, be there for it.
Be fully and completely there.
It can be hard practicing gratitude in 2023 at times. Many days we are stuck in overdrive or on some annoying loop that we can’t close. Day in and day out we hit go before the light even turns green, and we end up face planting into our pillow only to wish away the next day before it even gets here.
So, how do you practice gratitude correctly? Well, for starters, there is no right or wrong way. There’s only your way.
That’s right, each way of being grateful on our journeys will be different. Each day will bring new obstacles that we think we’ll never jump over. Every morning will bring new challenges and each night will let in more demons. The choice is yours in what you choose to bring with you into Day Number Two of your journey into your new practice of gratitude.
Will you say hello to the birds more often? Will you say thank you and hello to more strangers that cross your path? Would you think more clearly knowing that you have been the best human being you could be? Most likely.
So why don’t more of us do that more often? Taking advantage of feeling good more frequently seems like a no brainer. But alas, here we are talking about it more than ever.
I challenge you to take one full and complete deep breath every single morning. This takes less than 10 seconds. You can do anything for 10 seconds. So, make it a good one.
Think clearly and completely within those 10 seconds and stay grateful the entire time by thinking about one new thing each morning that you are grateful for.
Maybe it’s about something that happened yesterday, or last week. Or maybe it’s about an upcoming event that you feel entirely blessed about. Perhaps it’s just one large beautiful flock of birds passing over you and embracing the swoosh that they make as a flock.
Whatever it is, let’s talk about it. Feel fully okay with sharing your experiences by joining in on the community of others doing the same. Leave a sentence below encapsulating that feeling and let us embark further together on what it means to you. You are appreciated.
Stay grateful, my friends.
Thank you for reading today’s post Practicing Gratitude in 2023! See my last post Introducing Habitual Balance.
Check out our sister site Rooted in Reselling 
