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Being Thankful Can Change Your Life
A million people did not wake up, you woke up. Is it not a great thing?
‘Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you…’- Ralph Emeraldo Emerson
Of all the people who go to bed tonight, over a million people will not wake up tomorrow morning. If you wake up tomorrow morning, is it not a fantastic thing? Remember, a million people did not wake up, you woke up. Is it not a great thing? Now, thank God.
Many, many millions of people, somebody close to them did not wake up. But you have checked 5–6 people around you. They all woke up. You woke up and everyone who matters to you woke up. Is it not something to be grateful for?
How do you feel when someone does something nice for you or gives you a positive gift you never expected? That simple act of kindness changes your attitude; it brightens your outlook and also broadens your perspective. You tend to say “thank you”, right?
Now, think of someone who you did something important and wonderful for in the past, yet, did not acknowledge your goodness in their life. How did you feel?
When people express gratitude to each other, it compels a desire to reciprocate. It forms a positive chain reaction- this is what life…
