Thursday 18 December 2008

Be Grateful: Everyday Is A Blessing

Everyday is a blessing, and in each moment there are many things that we can be grateful for. The world opens up to us when we live in a space of gratitude. In essence, gratitude has a snowball effect. When we are appreciative and express that gratitude, the universe glows a bit brighter and showers us with even more blessings.

There is always something to be grateful for, even when life seems hard. When times are tough, whether we are having a bad day or stuck in what may feel like an endless rut, it can be difficult to take the time to feel grateful. Yet, that is when gratitude can be most important. If we can look at our lives, during periods of challenge, and find something to be grateful for, then we can transform our realities in an instant. There are blessings to be found everywhere. When we are focusing on what is negative, our abundance can be easy to miss. Instead, choosing to find what already exists in our lives that we can appreciate can change what we see in our world. We start to notice one blessing, and then another.

When we constantly choose to be grateful, we notice that every breath is a miracle and each smile becomes a gift. We begin to understand that difficulties are also invaluable lessons. The sun is always shining for us when we are grateful, even if it is hidden behind clouds on a rainy day. A simple sandwich becomes a feast, and a trinket is transformed into a treasure. Living in a state of gratitude allows us to spread our abundance because that is the energy that we emanate from our beings. Because the world reflects back to us what we embody, the additional blessings that inevitably flow our way give us even more to be grateful for. The universe wants to shower us with blessings. The more we appreciate life, the more life appreciates and bestows us with more goodness.

Something2Share:

I like it that everyday is a blessing.

For a retiree like me just stopped working at the age of 62, every morning I give thank to God for another day when I wake up and able to go for brisk walking and continue other activities throughout the day.

I am grateful that I am able to learn how to adjust myself to retirement lifestyle.

I am grateful that I can now really relaxing after years of hard work in plantations.

I am grateful that I can now spend more quality time with my family.

I am grateful that I will have more free time for travelling abroad with my wife.

I am grateful that now I can spend more time with my friends in kopitiam or coffee shops.

I am grateful that I can now have more time to do things that I like to do.

I am grateful that now I have time to learn new things that I have not done before.


When I went to see an Urologist last week, he told me that my prostate enlargement was 3 times of its original size. The choice was on me: Do I want to continue medication and keep suffering the problems of urination or to go ahead for surgery to remove the unwanted benign prostate tissue which is causing obstruction to urine flow from my bladder? In fact I had already decided to go ahead with laser surgery to remove the obstructing prostate tissue instantaneously with minimal risk, blood loss and discomfort.

I am grateful that the surgery was carried out smoothly and I was discharged from the hospital the following day.