GRATEFUL!

Grateful – Feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.

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          This definition was pulled from the google dictionary, and to be honest I don’t fully agree with it. I don’t agree with the fact that you need something to happen in order to be grateful. In my opinion we should be grateful without actions happening. Most individuals that are grateful, are grateful in comparison to something or someone else’s misfortune. “I’m grateful because”, is a terrible way to be grateful and really doesn’t mean you’re grateful. This means that you aren’t grateful at all. If you need to see someone else’s misfortune for you to be grateful for your current life and circumstances, then it’s in vain. You can want more out of life, and of course you know of “more” based on life experiences. Being grateful should happen daily and verbally giving thanks is a start. There are so many ways to be grateful in your life. Being grateful is for you, not for anyone else. Gratitude is shown for your personal growth and development in life. You don’t give gratitude about life and in life for others satisfaction. If someone does something or gives you something, then of course you show gratitude to that person or group of people.
 
          I find that being grateful gives me a natural high as does giving unto others does. Even when you’re doing something for others, you’re really doing it for yourself. It just makes you feel good about yourself and about life. Being grateful strengthens your faith and your love for life and others in life. Thank God, your parents, friends, teachers, and whomever has given a helping hand in your life. Give thanks no matter how big or small the gesture. This opens your world up for more and what you actually desire. I give thanks before I ask for what I want in my life. I can’t ask for riches if I I’m not grateful for what I currently have. I have been ungrateful and while being ungrateful I asked for very small things for my life. Don’t limit your life based on your current circumstances. Being genuinely grateful will open up the flood gates for what you want in your life. You can stop asking for band-aids, and minor fixes in your life. Be thankful for the car that you have but stop asking God to continually fix it. Ask God for the car that you want in your life. I know that you feel that asking for the fix is attainable but so is you getting the vehicle of your dreams. The universe and or God has no limits on what can happen in your life but be grateful for who you are and where you are now.

          You can love your small apartment but ask for a 10-bedroom mansion while you’re in it. Have direction and imagination. Love all that you want to replace and treat it with love as well. There aren’t any limits in life and you have seen examples of minimal life limits. No person is smarter or better than you are, but you have to have faith and let your imagination take you to what you desire.

​Written By: Ronald Anthony Wilson.