Be More Grateful

Life nowadays has become more demanding.. with the release of new technologies and also with the influence of media, people are wanting more and more in life - latest fashionable clothing, accessories, shoes, cellphones, tables and a lot more.

This is the reason why some of the people fail to complain more in things that they can't have than to be grateful in what they already have.

 Let me give you Top 15 things to be grateful in life. Note: 15 is just a small number.. if you could just look around and appreciate what you have, you'll discover more and more!

1. Your parents - are they still alive? If yes, then you are so lucky! You have more time to express to them how much you love them- for taking care of you since you were born, for guiding you, and for loving you. Please take note that there are lot people who suffer from deep regrets of not expressing love to their parents when they were still alive.

2. Your family and friends - Are you close with your family and friends? If yes, then be thankful! Not all people have the ability to be close with family and friends. If not, then make a decision now. Whatever the circumstances are, relationships are the best things we can have in this world. One thing that others can't take away from us is the love that we give away to the people around us.

3. Your sense of sight - for seeing the colorful wonders of God's creation!

4. Your speech - for giving you an opportunity to express love and inspire others through your words

5. Your hands - for letting you flip the pages of your book, hug someone and hold the hands of your loved ones

6. Your legs - for giving you an ability to jog, walk, run, and swim

7. Your mind - for providing the ability to discern wisdom, to store memories and to solve problems

8. Your health - for letting you fulfill the dreams that you have. Without good health, we can't fulfill God's plans and dreams for us.

9. Disappointments - for giving you an opportunity to distinguish the things that really matter to you.

10. Pain - for teaching you how to become bolder and stronger. All the breakthrough we have in our lives come from pain, not pleasure. Be grateful for pain!

11.Your life - for giving you a chance to express God's love to the world

12. Your job - not all people have the kind of job that you have, have the amount of salary you earn.

13.You enemies - for helping you become a more patient  and understanding individual, recognizing that their existence is for you to uncover blind spots

14. Love - for letting you feel the true meaning of life

15. Yourself - for being unique, smart, funny, and worthy of love and affection.

Now, do you still have more reasons to complain about life?

God already provided all that you need!

What do you have that you did not receive? … Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! (1 Corinthians 4:7-8)

Be a better you everyday,
Maya