School Souviner Date-24-12-2020

Attitude of Gratitude
Life is a journey from the caterpillar to the
butterfly moment. A beautiful library of
1987 Batch
memoirs, a collection of stories of those fragrant
Manorama
flowers compressed, and fondly treasured inbetween
the pages of our lives, our souls 4. Gratitude to our families, gurus for imparting
drenched in the essence of all those wonderful life’s lessons selflessly, to shape our careers and
experiences and all those who are an essential life as a whole.
part of those stories, which maketh our being. 5. Gratitude to our support staff, colleagues
Do we ever think about what could give us that house help, neighborhood etc, helps to create
one feeling, which makes our stories worthy and positive and inclusive surroundings.
full of life, starting from our birth to the growing From dawn to dusk, childhood to adulthood,
years, till the autumn of our lives. In this fast there are always people who encourage,
moving world, technology makes our lives motivate and inspire us in various walks of our
easier and everything seems just a click away, lives. The thought of gratitude isn’t to burden
momentary pleasures accessible at our finger our minds with indebtedness, but to add value,
tips. We are compelled to keep up the pace and meaning and fill worthiness into every living
momentum, whilst we try to catch up with life moment. We need to be grateful during times of
that’s happening around us. In-between the old both, adversity and joy, as one comes as a lesson
and the new, we often forget to be thankful for and the other as a blessing. There will be
what we have, and often chase things we don’t situations where we lose hope and belief.
need. So, in order to bring a balance in our lives,
If we hold on to negativity, anger, worry, hate or
we need to practice the attitude of gratitude.
sadness, we won’t be able to spread positive
JOY, is a state of being..
vibes. With a positive mindset, we strive to build
HAPPINESS, is multiplied by sharing.. awareness, trust and faith bring progress. This
GRATITUDE, is a sense of abundance. way, we create hope for humanity to prevail.
Acceptance of things as they are, creates
There are many ways to practice and understand
abundance, which is why an attitude of gratitude
the term ‘gratitude’, to imbibe the same in our
b r i n g s p e a c e . E ver y a c t a n d t h o u g h t
daily routine.
embellished in gratitude adds so much more
1. Gratitude to self ~ Being grateful to the five
meaning to life, brings in a positive change in
senses, our mind , body and soul , helps us take
the community as a whole.
care of our well-being.
Gratitude is not just a practice, but a way of life.
2. Gratitude to food, water, all the resources
The universe resides in us and we are the
provided to us , including the feeling of joy and
universe! Let’s all motivate, inspire each other
rejuvenation in the lap of our mother nature.
and celebrate gratitude ! Relax! Take a gratitude
3. Gratitude to the best moments of our life and pause, go for a gratitude walk, stop and smell a
our achievements, often connects us deeply flower and look at the way the flower teaches
with those values, people and situations which you, how wonderful it is to open up to life’s gifts.
helped us reach several milestones. It helps us to Let’s all be grateful to all the unknown blessings
accept our flaws and success equally.
coming our way!
December 2019