The power of gratitude as a transformative element in life
Gratitude has direct effects on the quality of life and the way we perceive the world.
In the previous two months, we have learned the importance of truth and acceptance. This process helps a new attitude to emerge in us, through which we are predisposed to believe in ourselves. Now let's focus on gratitude.
I believe that gratitude is always an option. Do you?
Gratitude in human development
Childhood is the best time to instill the most important values and principles of life, one of which is gratitude. The child tends to repeat the behavior of parents or most significant people, from observation.
Your brain will be more stimulated whenever you feel gratitude. This pleasant sensation releases the pleasure hormone, serotonin, which reinforces the tendency to repeat this behavior in life.which will reinforce the tendency to repeat this behavior in life.
People who learned in childhood the act of gratitude have a greater chance of achieving success in school and develop excellent interpersonal relationships. They become individuals with mental clarity and an open attitude towards life..
A teenager with a grateful Heart will give more value to the important things in life than anyone else. Gratitude works like a giant magnet for opportunities and is a clear sign that the young person can live in the present.
Also in the adult phase, being grateful is key to accessing many of the good things in life. This affective, cognitive, behavioral and spiritual state promotes greater success in interpersonal relationships, stimulates well-being, as well as the recognition and admiration of others.
Several studies have proven the usefulness of the act of gratitude in achieving a happy, pleasant and fulfilling life, and that it generates pleasant feelings in the individual.and that it generates pleasant sensations in the person.
There are countless advantages in being a grateful person. It is more than a matter of education, it is a very promising and honorable lifestyle!
Life is a continuous process, constantly changing. In this process we must let the healthy habits and customs that were instilled in us grow and multiply them for the next generations, especially when it comes to fundamental values such as gratitude.
Is living in ingratitude a choice?
To answer the question very directly, I think so. It is a choice and unfortunately there are many people who choose not to be thankful..
But when you get to know the lives of these people more closely, we have to understand them and accept them, without judging. And because of the ingratitude of others, I don't have to transform myself. Everyone has to live with their choices.
We spend so much time suffering with this and that, angry, resentful or ungrateful? But if we stop by nature and admire a simple garden or the waves on the beach, we get to contemplate with so much clarity and reality. Inevitably, we will end up dying, but that simple garden and the waves of the sea will remain there. We are really very insignificant!
You are the one who chooses from today and for the rest of your life, in every moment, to be or not to be a grateful person. Gratitude can and should be an action that happens automatically, just like brushing your teeth.as it is when brushing our teeth. It should become a daily behavior without which we feel incomplete.
Each of us has to find our own ways to create, feel and develop our gratitude.. It thus becomes a vital attitude: "I am grateful for breathing...I am grateful for loving...I am grateful for having a family...I am grateful for, in my head, being able to fly...I am grateful for being grateful!".
Change and growth
In recent years much has been discovered regarding how gratitude can affect and change the quality of people's lives. This quality of life only occurs if it is associated with a change in the way of thinking..
Even a totally depressed, impatient, or selfish person can change their thoughts by emotionally balancing their heart and exercising gratitude on a daily basis.
To understand this positive effect on the mind, it is necessary to explain the effect of oxytocin, a chemical produced by the hypothalamus, in specific areas called the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei.
Now, this substance happens to be released by the brain when the feeling of gratitude is activated. It is a reward system a reward system that is the basis of satisfaction and self-esteem.. This hormone generates happiness and is responsible for pleasure and a sense of well-being. If you feel grateful every day, you will be happier.
As life teaches us lessons, we tend to grow, not only intellectually, but also emotionally. To do this, we need to place certain behaviors and feelings in our lives. They will make our lives truly worthwhile in this world so full of darkness. Gratitude plays the role of guiding us through obstacles, challenges and pitfalls.
Gratitude has a contagious power! There are times when it seems impossible to feel or be grateful for the pain, suffering, or sadness experienced. But everything in life has a purpose and, more often than not, we don't understand our experiences at the exact moment we are living them. Of course, a change of thought and affective growth are fundamental to live in gratitude.
(Updated at Apr 15 / 2024)