With so much to do in my life it can be difficult to find time to stop and show gratitude and thanks for who and what I have. No matter how busy I may be though, making time for gratitude is of paramount importance and I believe it should be for all of us.
Gratitude, taking the time to think and feel it, helps to make sense from the things that happen in my life and brings a degree of happiness and contentment in the present moment and, because seeing the past helps me work on the future, I know that in showing and feeling gratitude each day will open up opportunities for the future.
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Usually my gratitude moment is early in the morning when I first wake up. I lay there thinking about who and what I'm grateful for and why plus how those people or experiences have added positivity and enjoyment to my life or helped to make sense of the negative aspects that I've had occur; it's a nice way to start the day.
Sometimes my thoughts focus specifically on a particular event or moment and today that was one of our trips to Paris which was such a lovely time for us. Paris is easy to fall in love with and it's the sort of place two lovers can easily become lost in, immersed, and where such beautiful memories can be created.
Later on, I had a really nice afternoon of flipping through photos and remembering all the things we did on that trip, the walking, art galleries, gardens, lovely little cafes, people watching and each other's company.
Finding the time to feel gratitude provides me such clarity and happiness, thinking about those things and recalling why I'm grateful for them breathes life into them all over again in the moment and that moves forward with me into the future and no matter what life hands me it cannot take those moments away.
Becca 💗