We live in a world of comparisons, put-downs and bullying. Instead of striving for excellence and doing their best, people find and comment on what is wrong with everyone else. Perhaps this is how they feel superior in the world. This has created a very negative and complaint centered world.
Recently I heard someone say, Gratitude is the proper seat of happiness. I heard this on Thanksgiving day, 2017. This idea here is that if you want to be happy, show some gratitude. Be grateful and express it and happiness will come to you. This is because negative and critical speech causes our brains to focus on that way of thinking. It is a downward spiral and can lead to a very grumpy and negative day.
Being grateful is simple. Pause for a moment and think of things or people you like, then either speak about it to someone or write it down. There is a practice of writing five things that you are grateful for every night before bed. This puts the mind in a state of gratefulness. The result is that happiness will come to anyone who honestly tries this.
Grateful people are happy people because they are focusing on the goodness in their life. They are focusing on what they like and what they are grateful for. The result is a more positive outlook and happiness.
If anyone ponders about their lack or that the world does not operate how they would desire or how they just don’t like something then they are falling in the trap that every politician and advertiser wants them to. This is because advertisers cannot sell products unless you are dissatisfied with what you have. Politicians cannot get elected unless they convince you the person currently in office is no good and actually bad for you. The world economy runs off of dissatisfaction. This is destroying the psyche of people because everyone is now dissatisfied with everything.
We need to bring this dissatisfaction culture to a grinding halt and try some happiness for a change. Advertisers will have to change their tactic and actually tell us what is good about a product.
Finally, for those who know Christ, gratitude needs to be a way of life. Christ beats anything and everything that the world can offer and we need to be grateful, to God, every day that we are alive. Get your eyes off the crap of this world an onto Jesus Christ who gave everything to save you. That is something to be grateful for.
Recently I heard someone say, Gratitude is the proper seat of happiness. I heard this on Thanksgiving day, 2017. This idea here is that if you want to be happy, show some gratitude. Be grateful and express it and happiness will come to you. This is because negative and critical speech causes our brains to focus on that way of thinking. It is a downward spiral and can lead to a very grumpy and negative day.
Being grateful is simple. Pause for a moment and think of things or people you like, then either speak about it to someone or write it down. There is a practice of writing five things that you are grateful for every night before bed. This puts the mind in a state of gratefulness. The result is that happiness will come to anyone who honestly tries this.Grateful people are happy people because they are focusing on the goodness in their life. They are focusing on what they like and what they are grateful for. The result is a more positive outlook and happiness.
Thanks are the highest form of thought; and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G.K. Chesterton
If anyone ponders about their lack or that the world does not operate how they would desire or how they just don’t like something then they are falling in the trap that every politician and advertiser wants them to. This is because advertisers cannot sell products unless you are dissatisfied with what you have. Politicians cannot get elected unless they convince you the person currently in office is no good and actually bad for you. The world economy runs off of dissatisfaction. This is destroying the psyche of people because everyone is now dissatisfied with everything.
We need to bring this dissatisfaction culture to a grinding halt and try some happiness for a change. Advertisers will have to change their tactic and actually tell us what is good about a product.
Finally, for those who know Christ, gratitude needs to be a way of life. Christ beats anything and everything that the world can offer and we need to be grateful, to God, every day that we are alive. Get your eyes off the crap of this world an onto Jesus Christ who gave everything to save you. That is something to be grateful for.
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