Begin Your Day with Gratitude

Many of the simple things in life can be reasons for being grateful. 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. Remembering to be grateful daily for one's health, family, friends, a job during a recession, having a roof over one's head and food on the table is a good way to start living with gratitude. As each year ends and a new one begins we have the opportunity to stop and reflect on the current state of our lives and remember to be grateful. Each New Day can give us the chance to start anew and is an excellent time to start keeping a Gratitude Journal, as a written reminder of for all that you have to be grateful. Begin Your Day with Gratitude If you begin looking at each breath as a blessing, then suddenly everything in an ordinary life becomes a miracle-delighting in the colors of the setting sun, feeling the rain on your face or smelling the amazing fragrance of a single perfect rose. Expressing Affirmations of Gratitude Living Life with Gratitude An Affirmation is "a positive short statement that you repeat to yourself to help you work toward a goal in a positive frame of mind" or on that "has been specifically worded for the purpose of reprogramming the subconscious mind with positive and spiritual thoughts." You can get yourself to feel more grateful about life and to live with gratitude, by practicing some simple affirmations. Simple Affirmations of Gratitude Affirmations to Live Life with Gratitude This is a series of affirmations that you can use to live life with more gratitude. Upon rising think: Today I am grateful for... Perhaps the simplest of grateful affirmations: Life is good.