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3 Habits That Will Make You More Grateful For The Little Things In Life

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People who have gratitude, are always kind and patient in life. They constantly search the ways of making others happy while becoming happier. We know that life is hard and staying quiet in a world full of problems, can be hard but it can be achievable too! According to the psychologists, people who are grateful […]

grateful

People who have gratitude, are always kind and patient in life. They constantly search the ways of making others happy while becoming happier.
We know that life is hard and staying quiet in a world full of problems, can be hard but it can be achievable too!
According to the psychologists, people who are grateful have passed more difficult roads in life comparing it to other people.
Scroll down to see what kind of habits can make a person grateful.

Which Are The Habits That Make You More Grateful In Life?

1. Support A Stranger And Not Only A Friend With Whatever You Could Afford

A hospital, a homeless shelter, a community food bank; there are opportunities for you to experience what it is like to live with far less than you now have and everything that should make you grateful. Seeing the disparity between what you have and what others live without is one way to avoid the habits that make people ungrateful.

2. Remember That The Difficult Paths Can Be Followed With The Help Of Someone

We all have strengths and weaknesses about our personalities. Of course we want to build on our strengths and learn from our weaknesses, but realize what a gift your vulnerabilities are.

Brene Brown writes in her book, ‘Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.’

Admit your faults to others and ask for help to improve on them. Let them see that you are not perfect, but that you know how to use your imperfections to become a better person. You would never blame someone else for your flaws, because without them you wouldn’t be the complete person who you are today.

2. Make A List Of Things You Are Grateful For

Researchers looked at the effect of a grateful outlook on psychological and physical well-being. They found that a conscious focus on blessings by writing them down may have emotional and interpersonal benefits. Participants were told ‘There are many things in our lives, both large and small, that we might be grateful about. Think back over the past week and write down on the lines below up to five things in your life that you are grateful or thankful for.

Participants in the study gave the following examples of gratitude-inducing experiences:

* waking up this morning

* the generosity of friends

* to God for giving me determination

* for wonderful parents

* to the Lord for just another day

* to the Rolling Stones

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As another example of how you might do this at home, the author’s successful sister keeps a gratitude jar on her counter and makes a habit of writing several things she is grateful for each day on slips of paper. The jar is opened at the next New Year’s Day and she spends time celebrating the previous year’s blessings.

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