The Power of Being Grateful for Yourself


Being grateful is not so natural. It's a skill to develop. I personally feel we have not understood the depth of being grateful. It is not mere thankfulness. It's a way of living. Just as breathing comes naturally to us, being grateful every moment should be that way. But we have not learned that yet.

Thanks to WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, we all are aware that being grateful changes our energy from lack to abundance. So, we have started to be grateful sometimes. We can at least be grateful for others, but we find it difficult to be grateful for ourselves.

I asked my client, "Tell me 5 things you are grateful to yourself for." She immediately said, "Oh, I do that every day. I am grateful I am alive." I asked, "Gratitude towards yourself." She was puzzled and looked at me, asking, "What do you mean?"

When I was asked this question for the first time, I was also puzzled and couldn't think of anything that I could be grateful to myself for. It was easy to find faults and flaws in me, but being grateful for myself was a different story. It's a great practice to be grateful for oneself.

Try writing down 5 things that you are grateful to yourself for every day and see the magic it does to your life. Let me set an example:

I am grateful to myself for being self-aware.
I am grateful to myself for my resilience and courage.
I am grateful to myself for being so loving.
I am grateful to myself for being of service to people.
I am grateful to myself for the peaceful and nurturing life I have created.
What you focus on grows. Acknowledging the amazing things in your life and being grateful for them grows love and value for yourself. It increases self-worth. This will impact all the choices and decisions you make in your life. It will enhance the quality of relationships you have with others, as you will have a great relationship with yourself.

I understand that living a grateful life is hard, but being grateful for yourself is the hardest. I am here to remind you to be grateful for the amazing, wonderful, beautiful, talented, and loving person you are.







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