Spiritual Journey (Part 3): Gratitude is the way
Hello friends,
This is already the third post in the Spiritual Journey Series. I am happy about how things are evolving from here on, and today we will be continuing with my next learning that I did. Last Week we talked about how empowering the thoughts about death can be, and about how you will get to experience life on a deeper level when you live in reality with death. And in today's blog post, we will be talking about something that is more positive then the thoughts about death: We are now talking about gratitude.
The first thing we learned about is the power of the now (and the power of meditation). The second thing we learned is that everything will end one day (and that we will all die one day). And now we are going to combine those two things: We will be doing something in the present moment to embrace everything, and therefore making us more content. Today we are learning about the power of gratitude.
And my readers that are on board with me a little bit longer, will all already point to this blog post here, which is also about gratitude. We will shortly recap the topics from the older blog post here, and then expand on the topic. You don't have to read the old blog post to understand what will be going on.
And now: Let's talk about gratitude
Stay grateful
We live in a world where most people just want more and more of everything. We want the newest phone, the newest shoes and to own the fastest car. But by trying to win at this rat race of getting more and more of everything, you will slowly forget to be grateful for the things that you have.
Gratitude is a skill. For some people, it is absolutely normal to be grateful. For other people, it's not. If you belong to the second category, you will benefit a lot from this blog post.
Most people will say things like "Why should I be grateful?" or "There is nothing to be grateful about"
The problem when you have a mindset like this is that you will be very grumpy.
You will feel like everyone is out to get you. You may even feel like a victim to the world. A lot of you can't relate to that, but if you are the type of person who finds it extremely hard to be grateful, you may do.
Ask yourself this question: How am I a victim?
Being a victim is giving up responsibility and making it seem like that you are powerless.
And being grateful directly counters this.
You can't be grateful and feeling like a victim at the same time. It's impossible.
And Gratitude just helps you a LOT overall to enjoy your life more.
It's better to see the glass as half full than as half empty. Your situation doesn't change, but your mindset does.
You can love or hate the challenge of life, the challenge stays the same. So having a positive mindest towards it benefits you more.
On top of that, being grateful will help you a lot in feeling more happy in general. With all of that in mind, you can directly tackle the inner victim and feel better overall. It is probably the biggest ROI, because being grateful for something doesn't involve a lot of mental effort, and it makes you overall so much more happier.
It's a cheat code to feeling more fulfilled.
You can be grateful about the food you eat, about somebody opening the door for you and generally for every little thing in your life. Because the more grateful you are for the small things, the more you will get out of life.
Our challenge
Let's practice being more grateful together
For the next 7 days, I want you all to think about 3 things that you are grateful for, every single day. I want you to truly feel into this gratitude, however big or small it is. Whatever you are grateful about, doesn't matter. What matters, is that you feel into it.
If you need some promts for the beginning: Are you grateful about the device you are reading this blog post on? Are you grateful for your bed when you are tired? Are you grateful for the food you get to eat? Are you grateful for the things that you can do? Are you grateful for your family and friends?
Start right now. What are 3 things that you are grateful about?
After thinking and feeling into them, write them down. It's time to do a gratitude journal. After this challenge, you can either continue doing it with or without a journal, but for the first 7 days, I want you to write something down.
Give gratitude a try.
Do you feel committed to this challenge? If you want someone to hold yourself accountable, reach out to me via Mail (kimzo.blog@gmail.com) and write, “I commit to “Death is my friend””
My Song of the week
I'm back in my 2000 songs phase. This music video is... interesting, but the song is an absolute banger.
Further Reading
The original post about gratitude
Are you new to the spiritual journey series? Start from the beginning to stay on track ;)
Thank you so much for reading today's blog post. I wish you an amazing week!
Much Love,
Kim