Expressing Gratitude: A Healthy Habit

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Firstly I would like to say that gratitude is a virtue, it's a character, and a lifestyle although not everyone has possessed it. Gratitude is one of the important factors that has paved the way for so many blessings and opportunities.
Gratitude is not having so much before we become thankful, I believe that if we are not thankful with the little that we have, we cannot be thankful when we have abundant, because we will still see it as little.

There are so many things I am grateful about, sleeping soundly and waking up everyday is one major thing i will forever be grateful unto God for. While growing up I remember a scenario that usually happens, I don't know if it happened to others as well,😀 whenever a gift or anything is given to me, if I don't appreciate it by saying "thank you" definitely my mom will retrieve it, and will give return it only when I say "Thank you" she said what i don't learn now as a toddler, it will be difficult to learn in future, especially gratitude we will see it as irrelevant things, so it continued that way, until gratitude became part of me.

Gratitude is an emotional appreciation of expressing joy over a thing given or received. Gratitude should be a habit to be cultivated at all times, and we can only express gratitude when by acknowledging the presence, The acknowledgment of what we have received gratifies us, leaving an expression by our actions or deeds.
It is also all about recognizing goodness in our lives and then how this goodness came to us. Through gratitude we process, and recognize the fortune of everything that has helped improve our lives and ourselves.

I learn to live a life of appreciation, for the things I received because most times what I received looking at myself I don't merit them, yet I still have them, some on the platter of gold, like the Air I'm breathing, provisions daily, wisdom, strength, protection, they are so numerous that it cannot be numbered.

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Living a life of appreciation comes with benefits

1. Better relationships.: Saying “thank you” and showing appreciation can strengthen our relationships with others, family, friends, colleagues etc. And it can help us make new friends and build new healthy relationships.

2. Happiness: Gratitude brings about excitement, both to the giver and the recipient, it makes us feel better about our daily stress.

3. Improve Self Esteem: Cultivating feelings or habits of gratitude and focusing on all the good things in our life create positive feelings about ourselves and our abilities.

4. Improve or Mental Health: Gratitude promotes a sense of well-being and which can help us to ease depression. It also improves resiliency.

5. Greater willpower: Reflecting on what we’re grateful for before a meal can help us avoid the impulse to overeat.

6. Open New opportunities: Gratitude opens us up to new life opportunities, and it helps to become more aware of new opportunities, new relationships, even new adventures which we might not have considered before. Gratitude brings exciting new ways, full of possibilities.

Gratitude is essential that even bible recommends, "....give thanks unto yhe lord, for his Mercy endureth forever....." When we thank God and others for the little we have today, we make room for more blessing.

We ought to always exhibit an habit of gratitude.
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