Gratitude hacks that work!

This article is not about how to discard or bury the pain of one’s negative experiences. No! That will be shallow. My aim here to explore why you should-, and how you can better deal with the negative emotions we feel in the midst of an unpleasant circumstance.

So, here’s a summary for passers-by 😉

1. Acknowledge the pains of a negative experience – don’t discard it
2. Seek to be liberated from the chains of your negative feelings
3. Believe that things don’t happen to us, things happen for us
4. Strengthen the positive thoughts and meanings that could help you maintain a positive attitude in the midst of challenges
5. Every negative situation comes with a positive message. Identify yours
6. It is in gratitude that you truly conquer your pains.
7. Every feeling you have, good or bad, is not based on the actual reality of life. Rather, your feelings are based on your interpretations of what things mean.

It is natural and important to acknowledge that a painful experience has occurred and to feel the pain of it. It is normal to feel disappointed, sad and grieved when going through a difficult situation. However, you must strive to be liberated from the chains of your negative feelings and not be bound by them.

One paradigm I have found effective is to believe that things don’t happen to us, things happen for us! If you always seek for a reason to be thankful in all situations, you can be sure you will always find one.

Things don’t happen to us, things happen for us!

Seeking gratitude is about strengthening the positive thoughts and meanings that could help you maintain a positive attitude in the midst of challenges. It is about trusting that everything will make sense in the end. Someone once said: you are not sad because things are bad, rather things are bad because you are sad.

Our lives are not judged so much by what happens to us as by the attitude we display the face of what happens.

There are endless positive reasons why an unexpected event … any unexpected event could be a blessing in disguise for our lives!

While I admit that it is natural to feel hurt and pain when going through hard times, I also think that every negative situation comes with a positive message that we must identify. We must never limit our creativity by thinking in a unidirectional manner when we can explore other possibilities and consider the interpretations that empower us.

In order to be able to truly overcome your pains and challenges, you should learn to be grateful for the circumstances of your life. It is in gratitude that you truly conquer your pains. Every feeling you have, good or bad, is not based on the actual reality of life. Rather, your feelings are based on your interpretations of what things mean.

Most situations that weigh us down are not bad in themselves, and we can always identify a joyful message in the midst of the situation.

Once you learn to perceive a situation in a positive manner, you can change how you ultimately feel about the situation. Then it becomes easy to trust that somehow, the difficulty is a blessing in disguise. That the ‘broken roads’ are part of a grander plan.

A man who won a national title once said: “I want to thank all my obstacles, failures and adversities for making this possible!”

This article contains excerpts from the book Liberty Dancehouse. Also, check out my website – https://kehindefawumi.com/