Willie nelson (born in 1933)
Professional pop singer and composer
You must have heard people say that contentment is always happy, and you will always think of something to be grateful for. Have you achieved contentment? . But you may not realize that counting the blessings is actually a magical practice that can completely change your life!
When you are grateful for everything you have, no matter how small they are, you will get more of the same things? . If you are grateful for the money you have at present, no matter how small it is, you will get more money; If you are grateful for a relationship-even if it is not perfect-it will get better; If you are grateful for your present job-even if it is not your dream-you will love it more and get more and better opportunities in it.
On the contrary, if we don't calculate our happiness, we will fall into another situation and unconsciously think of all kinds of negative things. When we focus on negative things, we will lament what we have missed, find or criticize other people's shortcomings, complain about traffic jams, long queues, forced postponement of appointments, poor government work, lack of money, bad weather and so on. When we focus on these negative things, they will continue to emerge; More importantly, if we pay too much attention to these negative things, we will block out all the upcoming happiness. I have experienced both situations-counting blessings or indulging in negative things-and I can assure you that gratitude is the only way to make life colorful.
"We can count the blessings we get, but don't stop the blessings from coming because of self-pity."
Maltby babcock (1858— 190 1)
Writers and priests
The first thing you wake up in the morning, or the first thing you need to do in a day, is to count the blessings you get. You can write it in your diary or record it on your computer and list the things you need to be grateful for. Today, you can list ten grateful blessings.
When Einstein expresses his gratitude, he will think about why he did it. When you are thinking about why you should be grateful for something, someone or something, your gratitude will be deeper. Remember, the magic of gratitude depends on the strength of your feelings! So in this list, you also need to write down every reason to be grateful.
You can make your own gratitude list according to the following table:
I'm lucky to have what? ,
What is the reason? .
I feel very happy. What am I grateful for? ,
What is the reason? .
I'm very grateful for what? ,
What is the reason? .
I want to thank you sincerely. For what? ,
What is the reason? .
When you write down ten things to be grateful for, read them from beginning to end, either silently or aloud. After reading it, repeat the mantra three times: thank you, thank you, thank you, and try your best to feel grateful at this time. To help you feel grateful more deeply, you can also express gratitude to the whole universe, gods, spirits, virtues, life, self, or anything you are fascinated with. Try to guide gratitude to something or someone, and you will feel it more truly, and gratitude will become stronger and stronger, and its magic will become more and more obvious. Therefore, some indigenous civilizations and ancient cultures regard symbols such as the sun as sustenance to express gratitude. They just want to use this entity to represent the root of all the good things in the universe. By paying attention to this symbol, they can feel more grateful.
Count the blessings you get. This exercise is very simple and effective, which can completely change your life. So I hope you can repeat this exercise for the next 27 days and add the ten blessings you get to the gratitude list every day. You may find it a little difficult to find ten blessings every day, but with the deepening of thinking, you will find more and more things to be thankful for. Observe your life carefully and see what you gain every day, and you will realize that there are so many things to be thankful for!
Thank you for your home, your family, your friends, your job and your pet. Thank the sun, the water you drink, the food you eat and the air you breathe-you can't live without any of them. Thanks to trees, animals, oceans, birds, flowers, plants, blue sky, rain, stars, the moon and our beautiful planet.
Thank your senses: Thank you for seeing eyes, hearing ears, mouth for tasting food, nose for smelling and skin for feeling. Thank you for walking with your feet, for doing almost everything with your hands, and for expressing your opinions and communicating with others with your mouth. Thank you for your magical immune system, which keeps you healthy or healed; Thank all your organs for maintaining your body perfectly and keeping you alive. Thanks to your wonderful brain, no computer technology in the world can copy it.
Here is a list to help you remember the blessings you have and should be grateful for. You can also add new items to this list, depending on what you think is important at different stages of your life.