To Grow Love In Your Life, Apply Gratitude
Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010
by sarabismom
Stillpoint Holistic Services
Would you like to see more love blossoming in your life? If you're like most people, the answer is a resounding "yes."
We all can use more love and less complaining, more joy and fewer problems, right?
Valentine's Day offers you a perfect opportunity to attract more love into your life by giving thanks for the love you already have.
How much time do you spend in genuine gratitude? In any given day, we tend to notice the things that don't work, that derail or rub us the wrong way. How uplifting is that?!
In our relationships, we are prone to notice what doesn't work, and we ignore the brilliant parts that DO. This Valentine's Day, why not resolve to turn that habit around?
Expressing genuine appreciation for what you have and enjoy each day will make it grow. If you want more love in your life, then, you can make it grow by expressing gratitude for the blessings you already have.
You can give the world no greater gift than to focus on gratitude and make love blossom in your relationships through your genuine appreciation.
Just think of all the things each day that you are grateful for: the smell of coffee to get you going in the morning, a warm shower, sunshine in your face, tantalizing flavors, the ability to breathe, walk and talk, unsolicited appreciation for your efforts? There is so much in life to be grateful for!
Expressing true gratitude is not schmaltzy or superficial. It involves genuinely heartfelt, eyeball-to-eyeball or heart-to-heart connection. In other words, gratitude involves appreciation that is delivered with real meaning rather than some perfunctory mumblings or syrupy platitudes.
Once you start noticing the beauty of life around you, gratitude and love grows. Right now, take a few moments and consider all the relationships you are grateful for.
Reflect on the qualities you appreciate in each of your relatives and friends: the smile on a child's face, the hug of a loved one, the spontaneous playfulness of friend.
Do you appreciate these things? Then express gratitude for the qualities you see and their presence will grow in your life!
I encourage you to go a step beyond that even: write a note of gratitude to the people who have touched your life. Express to them what you love about them and how it makes you feel.
You may have just found the spark to let love blossom in your life year round!
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Thanks for writing this article as a great reminder. I tend to forget to live with an attitude of gratitude. I recently had to digress, and count up all the reasons I am grateful to be a step-father to two wonderful grown children- rather than focusing on the effort and resources it takes to assume this role. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to help them secure and improve their lives from the past.Nice article, keep writing!
We should keep a positive attitude towards things around us. Life it short. We should enjoy it as much as we can. Thanks.
Great article...keep up the positive message.
Thanks for the advice. Gratitude is important and is often a topic at AA meetings.
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