The Attitude Of Gratitude

Ren February 7, 2022

To say “thank you” or other appreciative words seems necessary to be polite. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the person who says it feels deep gratitude or something similar, as well as it may mean nothing to the person to whom these words are addressed.

By experiencing the sincere feeling of gratitude, people can significantly change their lives. Your attitude to life affects it wholly – being grateful for everything can help to get rid of useless and exhausting thoughts. So, by having a positive attitude to life, people can find happiness even in routine things. Before looking for anything else in life, they look around and find that they have everything they need to feel happy.

Different sources let us get acquainted with practices; we can find recommendations on how to be grateful and what grateful means itself. Some find it beneficial, and they see new opportunities and improve their inner being.

If you have struggled from frustration and life seems dull for so long, changing your inner attitude is a great option.

How To Cultivate Gratitude And Why To Do This?

To be grateful and feel it sincerely is not so easy, but by being grateful, you are a step forward into another level of spiritual awakening. What does it bring to you? Here are all the benefits:

You can make new friends. Being thankful and radiating positivity certainly attracts people to you, as you seem a sunny and open-minded person. It helps to find inner harmony, making a soothing aura around you. This feeling is the key point that drives other people to you, as you don’t try to pretend, and you are at ease with yourself.
It will improve your mental well-being. Cultivating gratitude, your view changes, and you deal with everything easier. It directly impacts your mental and physical health. It helps you suppress a bunch of “toxic” feelings such as jealousy, sorrow, or disappointment. By the way, there have even been studies that have confirmed that feeling grateful increases levels of happiness and helps to get rid of depression.
It also improves your self-esteem. We can’t be good at everything, and sometimes, people criticize and point to our failures and mistakes. We can react differently – taking offense and keeping it in our hearts, starting a row, or retaliating an insult. And all of these likely lead to self-doubts and complexes. Being grateful, you do not take it seriously; others just let you know what sides you need to improve, so you take it as a favor. So, people who feel grateful do not worry about public opinion and the value judgments of others. Rather than being jealous of those who might have more money or well-paid jobs, grateful people simply acknowledge their success and accomplishments.
It helps to be more positive. Generally, appreciating life for the things, opportunities, and changes it has brought to you allows you to see it with a fresh look. Quite a lot of people get stuck in eternal dissatisfaction with themselves and their lives. A negative fixation truly affects your life, as well as positive. So why bring negativity to your life instead of being positive?
It makes you more empathetic. Grateful people tend to be kind, even when others are hostile. They react very positively in response to negative feedback, and they cannot be provoked by aggression or even the smallest conflict. This reaction will definitely affect your relations with others and transform them on so many levels.

How to practice the attitude of gratitude?

To know everything about the cultivation of gratitude, watch our episode ‘Ask & be grateful’. There, our host Ren speaks not only about the benefits of thankfulness but also gives you practical tips and examples and discusses all the possible difficulties that might occur on your journey. This is the most informational and objective podcast about gratitude.

All in all, an attitude of gratitude is something that all of us should add to our lives. Even if you are not interested in the spiritual part of our lives, still it might bring multiple benefits to your earth life. There are a lot of stories and examples that can prove that changing your attitude towards your life is probably the biggest change that you can make!

FAQ

What are the benefits of having an attitude of gratitude?

The attitude of gratitude brings various benefits to you from many points of view. It affects your well-being and personal and professional life, considerably improving them.

Why is gratitude the best attitude towards life?

Gratitude is the best attitude because of several points. Mostly, it brings you some considerable benefits, which are crucial to your life. One change is related to your inner being. The other one is a happy life as a result of inner changes.

What are some examples of gratitude?

Gratitude doesn’t imply some big gestures. You can express your thankfulness variously, for instance, thank a person that was nice to you or helped you with something.

What is gratitude philosophy?

A gratitude philosophy is a kind of idea that suggests you feel grateful for good things that happened to you. It implies harmony with yourself and the other world.