Using Gratitude to Think Positive and Feel Inspired
This lens is about the benefits of being grateful. How it changes your perception and attitude to help you be more successful in life. The positive thoughts help you see opportunities and feel better.
Plus I'll show you some tools to assist you become more inspired. These things help you hold your self accountable to make gratitude a regular habit.
Take for instance this spider. Some may see it as icky. I see a photo opportunity critter that helps keep down the mosquito population.
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Plus I'll show you some tools to assist you become more inspired. These things help you hold your self accountable to make gratitude a regular habit.
Take for instance this spider. Some may see it as icky. I see a photo opportunity critter that helps keep down the mosquito population.
Keep your eyes peeled here for Free goodies.
Gratitudation
Fastest way to a positive attitude
While studying positive thinking, some of the gurus didn't mention the easiest way to good positive thought habits.In a survey of people over 100 years old, they were asked: "what do you contribute your long living to?" The majority of them said, "A positive attitude." Certainly we all want to live longer, right?
Gratitude and being thankful for life is the best way to a positive attitude.
It's not so easy to just "think positive." You must learn how to see the good in everything to do so.
Being grateful for everything helps you see the positive side.
You have probably heard, "write down 10 things you are grateful for." So you write down some basic things around you. Such as a roof over your head, a working car, and a job. But in your head it started with, "well at least I have." Which still has a negative unsatisfied twist to it. It's exactly how I did it. I wasn't told to keep going , but I did anyway in desperation to change my life for the better.
For instance, instead of saying, "at least I have a roof over my head," how about, "I'm grateful to live in a safe neighborhood," or "I'm glad the roof held up for the winter." Say it in a way that doesn't include a negative word, such as not, no, don't, didn't. Those are not heard by your subconscious and you may bring on what you don't want.
You must keep saying what you are grateful for. Every little thing that has to do with you, and even things that you believe have nothing to do with you. As you keep seeing the good in everything, you start to feel that, "Hey, life is really cool!" "The earth is really interesting," and you get a fun feeing inside of you.
Do this constantly about everything, as you walk around the house, neighborhood, while driving, when looking at someone, shopping, and so on. Get detailed, such as bottled water, where it was from, how the bottles were made, the truck that brought it, the person who was crazy enough at the time to bottle up water.
Be grateful for things that you may think are bad, such as dandelions. Some people see them as weeds, but they are edible, smell good, and the deer and rabbits love them. "I'm so glad the dandelions are up, we might see some deer."
Get detailed, and say it for every little thing. This really helps you see more of the world around you as well. "I'm so grateful for paper to write on," "It's so nice that someone invented the pen," "I'm so grateful that truckers bring food to the grocery store," and so on all the time!
Give your self your gifts again that you received from people. "I'm so glad that my sister got me those socks, that's just what I needed". What a great way to appreciate things.
When you come across something that upsets you, then you need to forgive it, to get it out of your mind, and to move on. Do that immediately upon the discovery of that thought.
Gratitude and thanks are the good thoughts the universe(god) wants to hear. You will get more of what you are grateful for and need
Inspirational Moving Poetry About Gratitude.
By Youtube artist macarenalovemore
Perception
Gratitude helps you see things you want to see
A good reason for gratitude is also to create a better perception of things around you.There's a commercial of a guy that finds his car stolen. Suddenly he's sinking in a hole, eyes in the wall are looking at him, and a cat comes out and barks at him. Basically the commercial is saying when something bad happens you see things differently.
Scientist say there is a million bits of information in front of you at all times, and we only take in one percent. Our focus is minimal and we tend to focus on what we think about most, also movement and bright color. Thus we believe that there is more of that certain thing.
So practicing gratitude helps you notice more good things. Opportunities that were there before waving at you are now more visible.
Another example: Say for instance you hear a thing on the radio about littering, suddenly you start noticing more trash on the side of the road. It's always there, just now you are focusing on it. What you need to do is remind yourself to be grateful for all the flowers along side of the road. Then you start noticing different colored flowers, and maybe even some hawks.
So continue: "I'm grateful that the hawks keep the rats in control," And "I'm glad the rats eat some of the trash keeping things cleaner."
Basically as you keep finding the good in stuff and being grateful, it changes your perception for the better.
By the way did you notice the sunbather in the photo.
"Everything you can imagine is real." Pablo Picasso
R.A.T. 18 Things
By my dear Youtube friend rhondaanthonytanner
Instructions for Gratitude Rocks.
Sometimes an object helps to remind you.
A gratitude rock is a tool!Small enough to carry in your pocket with your change, yet it should be big enough to notice when you get something out of your pocket. In some cases people put them on their dresser where they see it every day.
But, you can certainly see that having it with you to remind you all day long to build up your positive mind control is best.
Every time you feel the rock or see it, say something to your self that you are grateful for.
It must be honest and positive with out the use of "not", "Don't", or "at least". When you use a negative it's usually followed by something you don't want. "I'm glad I'm not that fat." "Fat" will be what you get. Or "at least I don't have mean neighbors." Next thing you know some mean neighbors move in. It's as if negative words are silent, so in actuality you are being grateful for what you don't want. Being aware of this will help you work on saying it properly.
Start out small then work you way up to being grateful for things you want as if you they are coming to you soon.
"I'm so glad I have nice dog," "I'm so grateful for a flushing toilet," "I'm glad that I have a few bucks for a latte" and so on. Just keep going! You will get this amazing feeling of bliss inside of you. Life seems cool.
As you practice, you will see that you can see the good in bad situations, which is just what you need for good health. It may take time to get in the grove, lots of time, but it should be something you do for the rest of your life.
A gratitude rock is great for stressful situations. When stressed hold it in your hand or feel it in your pocket while thinking good things to ease off the tension and get you back on track. That keeps the control on your side.
You don't always need a rock. Once you get in the habit, give it to someone else who needs a better outlook on life. Helping others is one of the finest things you can do.
"It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go: it is how you handle what happens." Zig Ziglar
Gratitude rocks
Sometimes an object helps to remind
- Lady's Gratitude cat rocks
The Lady's Gratitude cat rock is small and light so it keeps you pocket uncrowded, yet still noticeable when you reach in your pocket.
- Go out and grab one
It's special when a child or friend finds one outside somewhere for you.
FREE Gratitude Cat Rock
My gift to you
For a very short time I will be sending out free Gratitude Cat Rocks. One per person, please. They are allready packed, so it will be a mystery color.I'll pay the shipping. Just contact me with your address, with "FREE CAT ROCK" for the subject so I see it. I'm doing it just for fun!
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- What four things are the foundation of a positive attitude ..... get these down and you'll be succeeding beyond your wildest dreams in to time! Positive attitude is the key to success, while negative attitude is the key to failure. Each and every moment of our life is determined by this difference between the stepping stone and the stumbling block.
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Gratitude Builds Inspiration
Why? To be successful
Inspiration is being so excited about what you are working on that you can barely sleep. It keeps you moving forward.When you have intentions that are not getting done, you need to find a way to be inspired about your life and the goals you want to accomplish. Being grateful about everything in your life helps to build the feeling of inspiration.
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Keeping Track of Your Positive Thoughts
It always helps to write things down.
Keep a journal just for things you are grateful for.There is great benefit in writing these things down.
1. It helps your mind remember it better.
2. When you read them it again, it gets you back on the right track
3. Helps you when you are feeling down.
Also add things that you have accomplished every day. This is very helpful to those who have started a new business. When something has gone wrong, you can look into your book and remember that things are so bad. When you keep up on it everyday, you will also see that things are getting even better.
Write things in that are not even real yet that you want in a way that it seems like you already have it. Such as "I'm so happy and grateful now that I have a nice yacht."
Another thing you can do with your book is draw pictures, or glue some in like it's a scrapbook. This is actually better than just words, because when we are thinking of something it not as a big giant word. It's quite a bit like a goal board.
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Make a Gratitude blog .. RSS from 365 Days of Gratitude Photoblog
Here's a great idea. If writing in a journal is not for you, but blogging is, this is the perfect idea. Great while earning some Blog income too.
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A quick blip of Petunia appreciating her bed, and Lulu warming her bumm in the sun light. Of anything in the world animals are greatful for the basic things that we to need to appreciate more.
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Happiness
This will happen when you are always grateful
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- sandyspider sandyspider Sep 8, 2009 @ 12:28 am
- Great lens! Thanks for adding it to Healthy Living Group for Session 3 Make sure to return and vote on it.
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- sharpturn sharpturn Sep 7, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
- I started thinking differently after I saw The Secret. I've read many books on self-improvement since then and I'm trying to have an attitude of gratitude.
Day by day I will get better at it.
Great lens.
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- JoDeeVale JoDeeVale Jun 15, 2009 @ 9:49 am
- Wow! Your FIRST lens??? Wonderful! I have added your lens to my lensroll here: http://www.squidoo.com/mygratitude
Well done!
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- sisterra sisterra May 31, 2009 @ 10:51 am
- Excellent lens!
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- RinchenChodron RinchenChodron May 31, 2009 @ 10:42 am
- I love the dandelion analogy - good work 5*s
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Other Lenses with Grateful Information
Sometimes it helps to read info from another perspective. Here's some links of other great lenses here on Squidoo on how to improve your mind.
- Gratitude lessons
- Stop to smell the roses
- Living life with gratitude
- These are often things that we tend to take for granted--our health, family, friends, our livelihood--until they are brought to our attention or taken away.
- Find Inspiration And Achieve Success
- Finding inspiration will successfully lead one through a voyage of happiness, hope and complete sense of one's individuality.
- Defeating the Negative
- We are meeting here today to discover positive ways of having a healthier, happier, more balanced life. Whether the challenge we face is medical, emotional, mental, social, financial, a relationship issue, a parenting concern, or a negative habit, we affirm that the answers will be revealed to us.
- Matthew Ferry - Life Coaching
- Most training focuses on motivating you, which is like putting some icing on a mud pie. You feel motivated for a few hours but then it quickly wears off and you go right back to being distracted, overwhelmed and doing anything but charging forward to achieve your dreams.
- My 45 Day Challenge- Unending Gratitude
- For all those who are participating in The Boundless Living 45 Day Challenge, it's almost impossible to avoid the wonderful benefits of gratitude that are being spread throughout the community. There's videos, blog posts, and comment love and everyone is a part of it.
- The law of attraction
- By Tammylove
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION STATES: you draw to you more of what you already have. That is why people who seem to always be happy and having fun continue to have fun and be happy, they draw more happiness to them. - Having An Attitude of Gratitude Will Change Your Life Forever
- We live in a society where we're conditioned to always be striving for more; for bigger and better things.
When do we ever arrive at a happy place? Do we arrive there today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year?
Links to great info outside of Squdoo
Extreme information
Free e-book
- Highlights from the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness
- Gratitude is the "forgotten factor" in happiness research. We are engaged in a long-term research project designed to create and disseminate a large body of novel scientific data on the nature of gratitude, its causes, and its potential consequences for human health and well-being.
- Abundance and happiness
- This is a huge site with tons of helpful stuff. There are more free resources, stuff on mind power, meditation, inspiring quotes, universal laws and more.
A final note
Don't worry, be happy
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This is my first lens. It comes from stuff I have learned from "The Secret" as well as many other personal developent sources. A few newly invent... (more)
This is my first lens. It comes from stuff I have learned from "The Secret" as well as many other personal developent sources. A few newly invent... (more)
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