LOVE NORWICH JULY / AUGUST 2017

Replace your envy with gratitude and turn your
life around today!
I often get asked why I am so happy when
someone buys me the smallest of gifts, or when
someone gives up their time to spend with me,
even if it is only an hour, the answer is simple –
how can I not be happy when I fill my heart with
gratitude. The mere idea that someone thought
of me for just a moment is enough to make me
feel content, no matter how small the gesture, it
has still been a gesture, often showing their
gratitude towards me. Any form of gratitude
should always be returned with further
gratification.
Those who feel less fortunate than others will
often become envious of those who they believe
to be better-off than them. The family with the
five-bedroom detached house or the one with
the posh city centre penthouse, then there is the
one with the Jaguar f type, the person who always
looks so happy, or the person who seems to have
money to burn, the one who looks perfect, who is
the perfect size, the list is endless I am sure.
It is so easy to become so wrapped up in what
we do not have in our lives, we can forget to be
grateful for what we do have. However, the key
to ultimate happiness is gratitude! By learning
to be grateful for what we have we will not only
attract other things into our lives to be grateful
for, but we will also improve all major areas of our
lives, which overall will lead to a life of definitive
happiness. Gratitude improves our health,
relationships, emotions, personality, and career.
Having a grateful heart will improve your
relationships with others and will instantly make
you more attractive, opposed to someone who
is riddled with envy, who can appear ugly despite
their visual appearance. Relationships on all levels
become deeper and healthier when you use gratitude
to show your appreciation of others.
It is almost impossible to be unhappy when you
approach everything with gratitude. Rid yourself
of depression, anxiety and unnecessary stress, by
changing your outlook – look for something in
your life to be grateful for every day. It is
impossible not to smile as you think of a person
you are grateful to know, it is impossible to feel
depressed when you feel gratitude deep within for
the small things in life and it is impossible to feel
stressed about not being the right size, etc., when
you look in the mirror and become grateful for
the person staring back – you are beautiful just
the way you are, so be grateful for every
inch of you.
When gratitude takes over, feelings of envy,
which can ruin your relationships with others,
will disappear and not only allow you to become
content, but it will naturally make you more
optimistic, less self-centered and increase your
self-esteem. Overall, it will make you a happier,
nicer person.
By cultivating the habit of gratitude, you not only
open the doors to the many possibilities that await
you, but you will also live a happier more fulfilled
life. It is simply impossible not to like someone
who shows gratification in every area of their life.
Wake up feeling grateful, and say it out loud
“thank you, thank you, thank you!” Be thankful
for the day, be thankful for every inch of your
body and mind, be thankful for everyone you
will meet that day, be thankful for each
experience, be thankful for your job, be thankful
for the money you will receive and be thankful
you can see the beauty in each new day. As
you show gratitude watch as the universe
automatically gives you more things to be
grateful for, watch as you receive the things
you were once envious of.
I am grateful for everything in my life, I am
grateful for each person I know and each person
I am yet to meet, I am grateful for you and your
time you have given to reading my article and I
send you love and happiness.
By Hayley Elizabeth.