{"id":24,"date":"2010-08-03T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyinstitute.org\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2015-11-20T18:44:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T01:44:54","slug":"grateful-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/2010\/08\/03\/grateful-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HandHeart\"<\/a>Gratitude! \u00a0We\u2019re all often told to be grateful for what we have. \u00a0Success gurus will tell us that we must be grateful for what we currently have before we can have what we want. Religions tell us that being grateful for what we have is essential to being spiritual and furthermore we should be grateful for all that we have and remember that many in this world have much less and in some cases little at all. \u00a0All of these things are true, and yet none of them delve into one of the biggest reasons for Gratitude and why it is important to be grateful for what you have.<\/p>\n

The fact of the matter is that regardless of what \u201cit\u201d is; whether you\u2019re grateful for your health, your family, your friends, your job, your house, your car, your country, whatever it is you\u2019re grateful for it is less about\u00a0assaying\u00a0guilt over those who have less, or appreciating what you have so you can have more as it is about living. \u00a0Simply put, having an \u2018attitude of\u00a0gratitude\u2019 \u00a0is important because it speaks directly to enjoying your life. \u00a0Happiness. \u00a0It\u2019s what we all really want, and being grateful for what you have in your life is one sure ingredient to the recipe of happiness. \u00a0Think of it this way. \u00a0Having goals is wonderful and we should all be striving for something; but the goal cannot be our measure of happiness. \u00a0Think about it, when you get something new, a toy, a car, a gift, whatever, it\u2019s wonderful for a short period of time but immediately we end up wanting the next \u2018thing\u2019. \u00a0The same is true of our lives. \u00a0If all we do is pursue the goals we set and hope that they will make us happy we will forever be searching for happiness and never finding it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true what they say, it\u2019s the Journey not the destination that matters. \u00a0And so we come back to being grateful. \u00a0 Be grateful for what you have now. \u00a0Enjoy it, revel in it, be excited by it. Don\u2019t take anything for granted. \u00a0You may or may not get the next \u2018thing\u2019, but that shouldn\u2019t matter. \u00a0Be happy now. \u00a0Be grateful for all the things and people and experiences you have in your life Today! \u00a0Enjoy the ride. \u00a0Be excited by the Journey of your life and where it\u2019s taking you today. \u00a0Tomorrow will come and bring with it a new adventure, but today is what\u2019s important. \u00a0So don\u2019t be grateful because you\u2019re \u201csupposed to be\u201d. \u00a0Don\u2019t be grateful because you feel guilty about people who have less. \u00a0Don\u2019t be grateful because you\u2019re hoping it will bring you more of whatever it is you want. \u00a0Be grateful because at one point in your life all of THIS was a goal of yours. \u00a0Be grateful because you\u2019re here. \u00a0Be grateful because your life has brought you so much and it\u2019s all around you. \u00a0Oh, and by the way, being grateful does have side effects. \u00a0They usually result in positive things happening for you and those around you. So be grateful for this part of your Journey and then stand back and watch as your incredible adventure in life unfolds.<\/p>\n

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Gratitude! \u00a0We\u2019re all often told to be grateful for what we have. \u00a0Success gurus will tell us that we must be grateful for what we currently have before we can have what we want. Religions tell us that being grateful for what we have is essential to being spiritual and furthermore we should be grateful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}