Thank God

We have been blessed with the ability to be grateful. So let us have the wisdom to appreciate it and be thankful for small mercies (as well as big ones) to fill our lives with abundance and positivity, says Jamuna Rangachari

- Jamuna Rangachari

The famous author Dr Wayne Dyer says, “Give yourself a gift of five T 1 minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.”

We all have something in life to be grateful for and something to feel depressed about. The more we focus on all that we have to be grateful for, the more it is bound to increase in the journey of our lives. It is time we work to make it a part of our very being.

I often think of my late mother-in-law whenever I think of the virtue of gratitude. All through her life, with the health and family challenges of bringing up her nine children, she always began and ended each day with a shloka of gratitude wherever she was. Due to this attitude, she was known as a lady sharing smiles wherever she went. She was in awe of every new thing she came across, so much so that most children preferred to be with her than with other “boring' adults. She truly was one of a kind, and this is how she is remembered today.

The fact is that none of us can change the cards that are dealt to us by the Universe. However, we can certainly play them well. Playing our cards well is much easier when we are grateful for all that we have, no matter how little we may think it to be. With this mindset, we also begin to attract like-minded people who are also grateful for all that they have in life. We share the stories of some such people with you here.

Challenges vanish with attitude of gratitude