Gratitude

what gratitude does...

Hi everyone and welcome back here again
I would be talking about gratitude and contentment 😊
If not all I think most of us grew up in an environment where we will gather ourselves every night to listen to stories given to us by either our parents, grandparents or any elder in the society.

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There used to be times where my daddy always gives us an interesting story, and each time he tries giving us such story, I always noticed that he gives us story when he's trying to correct a particular lifestyle in us, and telling us the story and still giving us the consequences behind such actions had helped us grow ratically

There was this story about a gurl who had been struggling to come to terms with the lost if her mother, it's been years since her mother passed our but still felt like an open wound which refuses to heal
This lady was a very beautiful girl who respect her mum so much, they are not really rich According story, buh her mother try all her best to provide everything she needed, things were not easy for them especially the lady, when growing up , she funds themselves in different challenges which result to the lady having to no reasons to live for or be grateful for

One day, while going through her mothers old belongings, she found a worn out journal, as she read through the pages, she discovered her mother has been writing down things she was grateful for everyday

As she reads on, she realizes that despite the grief,abd trials her mother found herself in, she still have so many reasons to be thankful

The lady was really touched by what she saw, and from there, started finding ever reason to be grateful for
Each day that passes by, she has decided to write die em things she's been grateful for and it has helped her see reasons to live
As she continues, she began to notice a shift within her, the pain of her loss was still there but it was no longer overwhelming, she felt a sense of Peace and comfort that she hadn't felt due a long time

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Since then, I saw the power of gratitude in humans Life, I learned how to be contented and also be grateful if things no matter how small and from there I used to notice the increase in happiness when ever I express gratitude

Gratitude I must say increases happiness, you begin to see reasons to be happy and more reason to live for

Gratitude also strengthens relationship, showing how grateful you're towards each other increases the bond of your friendship

When you show one how grateful you are, it improves communication among people, imagine being helped by a stranger then you express yourself by thanking him sincerely, whenever you guys jump on each other there will be room for communication and you've also created more room for help and connections

There are different ways one needs to be grateful
You can appreciate one with gifts, money, words, prayers and lots more
It only shows how sincerely grateful you can be to someone and it another way of bringing open door's to man

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I pray we all learn t how to be thankful to God and to people around us for their efforts and loved showed