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The next time you look at yourself and/or everything and you feel (bad as you) have got nothing to be thankful for, try and do everything for the remaining of that day with a part of yourself. For instance, walk to the market/downtown on one leg, blindfold yourself and see movies, eat solid foods without having to chew. This will remind you how ingratitude you have been come this far. 

It seems to me we tend to quickly forget about the things we have already, lost in our ‘lust’ for more –the things we have deemed as our needs as we exist. Although, needing and wanting more will always remain with humanity as long as there is life and time. This has been (with us) even before the beginning of time as we know it –that is by the way. Hence, that is no news –shouldn’t be surprising desiring is in-built with everyone.

However, what should seem surprising is that most of us live and we forget to remember the things we have which others are longing to have even as we are yet longing to have what others have, we don’t have. In-between this cognizance or understanding is where a space for appreciation and thanksgiving could be found or should come in. Just like you standing in the middle of a parted ocean, to your right and left.

When it comes to possession or acquisition of whatever, name it –properties such as cars, houses, monies, and the likes and other things abstraction such as meekness, sagacity, ‘health related status’ and so forth, even as you feel you lack behind in any of them, there are those having less of what you have and are appreciative. The bigly sense in this is all about seeing a good reason to be contented in the present moment naturally even as you are practically longing for improvement. Anything other than that will mean, no matter what you have, appreciating yourself and any other external agent, your Maker, human helper(s) or influencer(s) for instance, will be very hard no matter what more feat you add as time advances.

You see, living a life of appreciation is a lot healthier than not. When you feel appreciated, or are appreciated you naturally glow inside out. Compare when you aren’t appreciated or there is nothing like appreciation at all, it will taste lifeless –imagine that. Thank others; thank yourself. 

Always find a reason to be thankful to yourself and external parties even when occasion doesn’t call for that. It helps the psyche better than the otherwise. It helps to heal the world in a little way than leaving it as it is or making it much worse. A life that is filled with thanksgiving doesn’t imply such life is perfect and no problems at all, it implies such life is reasonable enough to understand that we will never have everything we need but we can always have reasons to be thankful and appreciative if we can stop our chasings and look back or around us to note those who have less what we have in abundance. 

©Jodekss