"Give Thanks for Everything" - GRATITUDE AND YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE

Another reason to cultivate gratitude is that being thankful helps you to focus on the positive rather than on the negative. In a sense, your mind works like a filter.  It allow you of your surroundings, while blocking out other aspects.  You tend to see positive  things and pay less attention to problems. The more grateful you are, the more good you can see which in turn make you even more grateful. Having a grateful perspective on life will help you to do what the apostle Paul urged. "Always rejoice in the Lord." - PHILIPPIANS 4:4.

You will find that gratitude tends to neutralize negativity. It is not hard to feel grateful and at the same time envious, sad, or resentful? Grateful people also tend to be less materialistic.  They appreciate what they have and do not focus on getting more. -PHILIPPIANS 4:12.

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