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Express gratitude
Before you complain about school, remember
that some people can’t even get an education.
Before you complain about getting fat, remember
that some people don’t even have any food.
Before you complain about your job, remember
that some people don’t even have any money.
Before you complain about cleaning
the house, remember that some people
don’t even have any shelter.
Before you complain about washing
the dishes, remember that some people
don’t even have any water.
Before you complain about all these things
on social media using your smartphone,
without any consideration of how blessed

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you are, just be thankful for a minute.
Being thankful is one of the simplest, and yet most powerful, habits you can
cultivate. By counting your blessings daily, you can begin to condition your
mind to look for the good in everything around you. Soon enough, you’ll
unconsciously begin to see the bright side of things and feel better about life.
You can’t feel 
bad
while you’re feeling thankful. As simple as showing gratitude
sounds, most people struggle with it. It’s much easier to focus on burdens than
on gifts; to devote your attention to the things you don’t have, rather than the
things you do have.
I was once studying some of the most successful individuals on this planet, and
one phrase really stuck with me: ‘Greatness starts with being grateful’. I didn’t
think too much of it at the time, but as I’ve grown older I’ve begun to understand
its value. I’ve realized that you can’t feel joy without being thankful; being
thankful is a vital component of happiness.
Furthermore, by expressing gratitude, we not only transform our vibrational state
to become more magnetic to the good things, but we also become able to put
things into perspective. We go through each day constantly comparing ourselves
to others, and most of us rarely acknowledge that 
we
have what others may
desire. We also tend to compare ourselves to those we consider more fortunate
than us, rather than those who are less fortunate. Just think of the amount of
people who have to live through war on a daily basis. But we’re completely safe
from such troubles, and many more that we hear about in the news.
It’s easy to say ‘thanks’ without really meaning it. The key to showing gratitude
is to 
feel
thankful. I’ll use my coaching client Will as an example to illustrate
how you can reach a true state of gratitude.
After Will had started by reeling off a list of all of his problems, I asked him to
tell me what he was thankful for. His response was that he couldn’t think of
anything!
I knew his car meant a lot to him, so I asked, ‘How about your car?’
He replied, ‘Yeah, I’m thankful for my car, I guess.’ This level of gratitude is a

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nice start, but it doesn’t really change our state.
Then I asked Will what it would mean if he didn’t have his car. He sat there for a
moment and thought about it. Then he began to list things: ‘I wouldn’t be able to
go to work, pick up the groceries, go and see my friends… and I wouldn’t be
able to pick up my kids from school.’
I could see his state changing as he started naming these things and envisioning
them in his mind. I then went a step further and asked, ‘What would it mean if
you weren’t able to pick up your kids?’
He replied, ‘Well, they’d have to walk back home or take the bus.’
I pressed, ‘And how would that walk back be for them?’
Suddenly, he imagined them walking back in the cold weather. Will knew they’d
be unsafe. And he was visibly unsettled.
After a few moments, he thought back to when he was a kid and how he used to
get bullied on the bus home. This was when it hit him. He took a heavy breath. I
could see the relief on his face as he thought back to his car. He finally admitted
how grateful he was that he not only had a car, but also that it helped him
improve the lives of those he loved. His state completely transformed and I
observed the shift in his body language.
When practising gratitude, imagine how different your life would be without that