So to help you get into a grateful mindset, here are some exercises you can do…
1. Say an affirmation to yourself. Sit still, close your eyes, and repeat the following affirmation: “I am whole. I am complete. I am abundant. I am beautiful. I am enough. I am happy. I am content.”
Keep repeating these positive statements several times and truly feel and mean what you say. Feel the inner sense of peace. Feel that you are already enough the way you are, no need for anything else.
Then, for the rest of the week, repeat these affirmations to yourself several times throughout the day, and focus on feeling this inner sense of wholeness and abundance, especially when you are feeling the opposite.
2. Make a list. Take out a piece of paper and make a list of everything you’re grateful for. You can write down…
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3 things you love about your life
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3 things you love about life as a whole. Try to see life from a higher perspective and note what you are grateful for.
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3 ways in which your life is already abundant and rich
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3 qualities you love about yourself
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3 people you deeply appreciate
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3 things you love about where you live
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3 things you love about your job
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3 beautiful/amazing/miraculous/awe inspiring things you witnessed this week
(Remember, these things don’t have to be extraordinary. They can be simple, subtle, and ordinary things you’re grateful for).
3. Shift your mindset from lack to abundance. Name something in your life that you feel is lacking, is not good enough, or you need more of. Then, see this thing from a place of abundance and gratitude by considering the following questions:
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Is it true that I don’t have enough?
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Is it really as bad as I think?
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How can I be grateful for even the little that I have?
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How can I be grateful even though I don’t have this thing?
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How can I look at this more positively?
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What can this experience teach me?
For the upcoming week, try to adopt a more grateful mindset and embody this high vibrational energy as much as you can.
Focus on how beautiful life is and appreciate even the smallest, most ordinary of things. Be thankful for the people in your life, the job that you have, the house you live in, the car you drive, the health you have, and whenever something bad happens, try to see it in a more positive light.
You can always ask yourself in any situation that you find yourself unsatisfied, frustrated, or negative: What can I learn from this? How can I grow from this? Or… what can I do to make this better?
Things don’t have to be perfect or up to your standards for you to be able to appreciate them.
That’s the whole shift…
BEING GRATEFUL FOR SOMETHING EVEN IF IT DOESN’T LIVE UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR FIT YOUR AGENDA.
A good way to remain grateful throughout the day is to say “thank you” to everything you come into contact with.
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