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Attitude of GratitudeLife is a journey from the caterpillar to thebutterfly moment. A beautiful library of1987 Batchmemoirs, a collection of stories of those fragrantManoramaflowers compressed, and fondly treasured inbetweenthe pages of our lives, our souls 4. Gratitude to our families, gurus for impartingdrenched in the essence of all those wonderful life’s lessons selflessly, to shape our careers andexperiences 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, colleaguesDo we ever think about what could give us that house help, neighborhood etc, helps to createone 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 oureasier and everything seems just a click away, lives. The thought of gratitude isn’t to burdenmomentary 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 livingmomentum, whilst we try to catch up with life moment. We need to be grateful during times ofthat’s happening around us. In-between the old both, adversity and joy, as one comes as a lessonand the new, we often forget to be thankful for and the other as a blessing. There will bewhat 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 orwe need to practice the attitude of gratitude.sadness, we won’t be able to spread positiveJOY, is a state of being..vibes. With a positive mindset, we strive to buildHAPPINESS, is multiplied by sharing.. awareness, trust and faith bring progress. ThisGRATITUDE, is a sense of abundance. way, we create hope for humanity to prevail.Acceptance of things as they are, createsThere are many ways to practice and understandabundance, which is why an attitude of gratitudethe term ‘gratitude’, to imbibe the same in ourb 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 tdaily routine.embellished in gratitude adds so much more1. Gratitude to self ~ Being grateful to the fivemeaning to life, brings in a positive change insenses, our mind , body and soul , helps us takethe 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 resourcesThe universe resides in us and we are theprovided to us , including the feeling of joy anduniverse! Let’s all motivate, inspire each otherrejuvenation in the lap of our mother nature.and celebrate gratitude ! Relax! Take a gratitude3. Gratitude to the best moments of our life and pause, go for a gratitude walk, stop and smell aour achievements, often connects us deeply flower and look at the way the flower teacheswith 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 blessingsaccept our flaws and success equally.coming our way!51December 2019