I think being happy is, to some extent, a conscious choice. We can choose to be happy with what we have and be grateful for the good things in our lives, or we can choose to focus on what we don’t have and the bad things in our lives.
If you’re having a bad day, sometimes all it takes to turn it around is to think of some of the things in your life that you are grateful for.
Below are three things I am grateful for right now:
The Sunshine
I absolutely love it when the sun is shining. Even if I’m just in the house working or whatever, it’s so much nicer to look out of the window and see the sunshine than it is to look outside and see it’s miserable and dull.
Good Friends and Family
It can be easy sometimes to take your friends and family for granted, but every now and again, it’s nice to take a moment to remember how awesome they are. If something goes wrong in your life, then your family and your good friends are the ones who show up and help you through the bad times. They’re also the ones who genuinely celebrate with you when things are going well.
My Job
With so many people unemployed, having a job that pays the bills etc. is something to be grateful for, and for me, that goes even further because I have a job I truly love. I’ve been writing full time now for almost three years, and even now, there are moments when I’m just blown away by that.
What three things are you grateful for right now? Let me know in the comments and let’s all take a moment out of our day today to appreciate what we have 🙂
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Awesome list to be greatful for X #anythinggoes
Thank you 🙂
Seems that it is the Rich and Super – Rich who Truly NEED to Develop an Attitude of Gratitude. As those are most likely the groups of people who are wasting / taking the World’s Limited Resources and possibly other Human’s limited Energy for Granted.
Who is travelling Frequently by Air :- Airplane / helicopter? Who has Servants, Staff, Butler, Chauffeur, etc, etc.
Seems like we all NEED to have some Quality of Life, and that is most likely if there is an attitude and action of Sharing, Limitations ( and that being on Excess, Excessive Use of Limited Resources, etc).
Often it is the POOR who are Grateful for the little that they have. True Happiness is Difficult if / when Poor Nutrition ( Good Mood Food), Poor Health ( Wear and Tear Arthritis :- Osteoarthritis, as often comes with Chronic Pain), If being badly treated :- Modern Day Slavery, No Opportunity of paid employment ( no / little means to pay the bills, ” Work for a living”. Violence, Domestic Violence, Abuse, etc) or this is happening to loved ones :- Extremely difficult to be truly Happy. Britain has Homelessness, Fuel Poverty, Child Poverty, Food Banks, Unemployment, Poor Health, Poor Mental Health.
So there is very, very much INEQUALITY within a ” Developed Country” :- WHY???
I’m not saying people don’t have problems, I’m just saying I choose to be grateful for what I have.
Excellent things to be grateful for!
Thank you!
I totally agree, when life throws a curve ball it helps to look at what you are grateful for.
I’m grateful for my families and my own good health. I’m grateful I was able to have a child (it was looking pretty rope at one point). I’m grateful to have a happy home and an amazing partner. 😊
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Fantastic choices and so happy you were able to overcome the obstacles and have a child 🙂
Always good to count the blessings and to live in the moment too I think rather than racing backwards to guilt or forwards to worry and anxiety. My 3 grateful things 1, Positive home education mornings including listening to Great Expectations by Charles Dickens on an audio book with my teenagers 2. My son getting interviews for volunteering opportunities that can help him develop and move on into adulthood and also that he is seriously considering re-sitting his English GCSE at colege, good for him CV wise and to make some new friends 3. Grateful that blogging can still surprise me with good thiings this time a tweed jacket to review.
Fantastic news about the opportunities for your son and good on him for thinking of going to re-do his English.
My 3 grateful things :
1 My family
2. My good health
3. My nonagenarian parents
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Those are good ones!
My husband
My health
My writing career
Great answers 🙂
Three reasons to the cheerful: 1 Fantasy Football Season back on
2 Kids doing okay
3 Good health
I love number 1 haha
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This is a great reminder to think of positive things in our lives rather than focusing on the negative.
My three things are
My kids. I’m always grateful for them 🙂
Good friends. I’ve made some really good ones over the past two years. I think I found my tribe 🙂
My work. Whether it’s writing or volunteering for a hotline, it fulfills in a way like no other.
Thanks for sharing this Debbie! #anythinggoes
It’s great to celebrate the things we’re grateful for and I love that you’ve found your tribe, such an important thing!
It’s so important to take the time to appreciate things. I am most grateful for my family – our children, my husband and for my parents who do so much for us. I’d be lost without them! #bloggerclubuk
Family is so important