The very first post I ever wrote on our website for Self-Care Sunday, was about the importance of practicing gratitude. Before I started writing out a few things I felt grateful for every day, I was skeptical about the whole concept of writing it out. I knew I was obviously grateful for a lot of things in my life, so why did I need to write it out? But let me tell you – writing it out makes a huge difference!
By intentionally channeling my energy into writing out at least three things I was grateful for every morning, I developed a habit. I trained my brain, by making sure I considered what I was grateful for and formulating it into words every single day, to actually see my life from a better perspective. A clearer perspective.
When we aren’t in the habit of practicing gratitude, our minds kind of default into a scarcity mindset. We naturally focus on what we lack, rather than what we already have. And this very human and an issue in our culture, too. We constantly see people’s highlight reels on social media and end up comparing ourselves and our lives to this curated content. This can cause us to lose sight of all of the amazing things we already have.
When we approach our day from a place of being grateful for all that we have, we are already living our life from an abundance mindset. When we see things as abundant, we are more in control of our experience. When we feel like our world is abundant and we are open to the world and all its possibilities, a funny thing happens – we begin to attract everything we want.
