Gratitude is a practice that helps you bring greater joy and happiness into your life even when (and especially when) you are not feeling so happy or joyful.
Gratitude is not pretending that everything is great, it’s not masking the bad with good – it IS finding what is good and great right now – no matter what else is going on. Event better is when you take it a step further and find the gratitude IN the events/circumstances that are not going well for you right now.
- Are you not getting any responses to your job search efforts (or marketing efforts if you are a business owner)? What CAN you be grateful for about/within that situation?
- Are you feeling uncomfortable/unhappy in your current job/career? What DO you feel grateful for in your career/job?
Be specific in your gratitude
Instead of saying “I’m grateful to be alive, have some savings, etc”, what if you said something like
- “I’m grateful that I am focused and resourceful in my job search”
- “I’m grateful for all the people that I’ve been talking with who have offered me information and advice”
- I’m grateful for the opportunities I am applying for as they help me refine my search”
Instead of saying “I’m grateful to have a job”, what about something like
- “I’m grateful that the work I do with….. brings me great satisfaction because…….”
- “I’m grateful that my colleague _____ was so helpful with ______ yesterday”
- I’m grateful for my contribution to ______ because it allowed me to _________”
Willing to experiment with this for 30 days?
Would love to hear from you as you share what it was like to practice gratitude
How grateful are you?
Take this Gratitude quiz to find out!
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/6