LIFE IS A GRATITUDE

 LIFE IS A GRATITUDE

"Be thankful for what you have; you will end up having more if you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough", says Oprah Winfrey, an American talk show host,actress, author and philanthropist.Our life is the magnificent gift we have ever given. We should be thankful to our creator.We get our life only once and we do not know how long it will last. If we consider our life as a gratitude, we can live in a more fruitful manner. Gratitude means thanks and appreciation. When we feel gratitude, we are pleased by what someone did for us and also pleased by the results.

Feeling of Gratitude

Most of us train our children to say thanks when they receive any favours or gifts from others. After all, thank you is not a mere word for showing happiness or satisfaction.It is the expression of our happiness. Everyone of us love to hear a word of appreciation from others. It is the underlying motive of every human being. Whatever we give, we look forward a return from it. When we find no further incoming of returns we will gradually stop giving. This is the usual practice everywhere. 

But, have you ever noticed that there are some 'things of virtue' around us?If we observe our mother nature, we can see that from the origin of mankind itself the nature is showering its bliss on us. She is going on giving graces to all mankind without any hesitation. What are we doing in return? We employ all means to exploit the resources of our mother nature. We are not satisfied by the quantity that we are getting now. We wish for more extravaganzas from the nature. The nature, in return, gives only love for the mankind.

Gratitude in our Personal Life

We all are very keen to keep our personal relationships safe and secure. Relationships matter in our daily life. Every person has his own space to handle with. He should be satisfied within his own space that means a person should keep his personal relationships within his own space and should live happily and contented. If he is not satisfied he will seek relationships outside his own space. Here comes the importance of keeping values of morality. The feeling of gratitude comes from a person only when he is satisfied and contented. Just look around us. Are we satisfied with our ways and means? Can we find happiness with our own dear and near ones?

The feeling of gratitude has its own magical effect in our life. Suppose, when we are out for a walk and if we feel gratefulness for the cool gentle breeze that pampers us, we can feel a great comfort in our mind. It may take us to the realization that the breath we inhale every second is a gift from our creator. If any lags come in between our survival itself will be in doubt. Without asking, our God gives us many graces and what we are doing in return?We are not ready to even listen to the needs of our dear and near ones. We are in a hurry to grab all the pleasures of the world, isn't it? 

Expressing Gratitude

By simply piling up all the virtues in our mind is not good unless it is being shared or talked with. We must have met some individuals in our life who are very stingy in showing love and other good emotions. Instead, they will be generous in giving hatred to all. Some of them may not know how to express love and goodness to others. Our first and foremost reaction will be complete aversion. Isn't it? For a second thought, if we try to find out their personality backups we may feel sorry for those people. They may be born and brought up in a family where they didn't get any love and care. When they became grown-ups how could they give which they don't have? So all on a sudden we cannot arrive at a conclusion about others.

We can go back to our childhood days and have a check of our expression of thanks to all our elders, teachers, friends, family etc. We have to bring back that kind of goodness in our lives too. Just try to find out the moments of our life where we can be grateful to our God or to our dear and near ones. You can feel a new sort of happiness in your life. You will feel light-hearted and contented. 

"Move on happy and contented. This New year may fill all your lives with peace and goodness. I wish and pray this happiness will continue throughout this year. Enjoy your life's wonderful journey.