Archive: March 24, 2019

A Gratitude Journal – How Expressing Gratitude Can Transform Your Life in Difficult Times

A gratitude journal? What if you feel like times have been tough and you don’t have much to be grateful for? What if you feel like you’ve got every right to wallow in misery? You may have the right, but is that really serving you? Read on to discover how expressing gratitude can help you turn things around.
Tough times make it hard to remember that we do have a lot to be grateful for no matter what. And at no time is it more important to make the effort.
And why? Whether or not you believe in the Law of Attraction, you have to admit that things always seem to come in groups. When good things happen, then they keep on happening. And when bad things happen, they keep going from bad to worse.
So why not believe? It clearly works, and it will help you focus on the things you do want — so that you can draw more of them into your life.
And that’s exactly where a gratitude journal comes in.
By focusing on and writing down all the things we’re grateful for, i.e., the good things that have been happening in our lives, we will draw more things that we’ll be grateful for.
Writing things down gives them extra power, and it also allows us to reread what we’ve written. So if we should forget our many blessings, we can always review them at any time.
So go ahead and pick up a notebook or a pretty journal. Make it something special. Keep it by your bedside or somewhere else where you’re likely to see (and use) it every day. And start recording your blessings.
And if you’re stuck for what to be grateful for, start with the simple things.
Food on the table. A roof over your head. Something to wear (even if it isn’t quite what you would like to have). Maybe a job to help you earn a living. Or friends who care about you. Family members who love you.
And don’t forget your health, your well-functioning eyes, ears, limbs, etc. Make adjustments for what works in your life.
Be grateful for any money that is coming into your life — even if it’s not as much as you’d like. It’s a start, and gratitude for it will help you draw in more. You can even express gratitude in anticipation of what you expect to get.
Don’t worry. You won’t jinx it. To the contrary, you’ll increase the chances that it will appear.