The great escape of gratitude

Gratitude-"The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness". In this whole dictionary meaning of gratitude, I like to stress the word KINDNESS. When you are grateful you are automatically pushed to be kind and humble. Gratitude is one thing being thankful but a whole other thing is to escape overwhelming situations. Let me elaborate in the upcoming paragraph. For now, let's take an example; imagine every day you wake up and be grateful for your day, but imagine you wake up and don't want to go through that day because you lost a loved one a few days back, now you only have an option of being grateful, oh sorry "finding gratitude", in a normal day you might be grateful or not but when you are in pain and don't know what's happening around you it's a great thing to experience gratitude in people around you, things around you and the love you gain around you.

It doesn't matter whether you are in sorrow or content,  happy or sad gratitude is a great way to keep your feet grounded. We always face or encounter overwhelming situations in our life and gratitude is a great escape to get ourselves centered.  Luckily I have faced very few extreme negative situations in my life but when I do I want to take it in the very detached way possible. Now that brings me to another concept of detachment, there is a thin line between love and attachment, love is always about freedom without attachment; for example, if I have a long-distance relationship with my life partner, yes I wish that he is with me in all day to day activities but if I start whining about it every day it gets toxic, instead if we work up things and get together once in a week and wish good health and safety the other days that's freedom without attachment (love). Being proud, being happy, and being patient is crucial in any kind of relationship, and in a way, gratitude leads to all these and more. It keeps us humble and aware of the fact that life is nothing without a proper support system.  

Recently I faced a hard time pulling myself together when I heard one of my best friend's father passed away while she was still recovering from her mother's loss, life can be so unpredictable and fragile. It seems that life is unfair towards us but if we keep the gratitude factor in front it masks the pain a little bit. My mother always tells me to face the world bold and alone, she wants me to understand that only warriors in the field will be me after leaving each other behind. All these heavy concepts take time to assimilate. Hence it's better that we start practicing gratitude even in a small way but regularly. Practicing can be done in many ways from writing what you are grateful for that day to thanking a person in your life to be who they are and what they brought to your life. Well, at least I will try to do so. If u agree with me please do like and subscribe.