Does Gratitude work?
I feel like that is one question that a lot of people, including me ask. It’s almost like we don’t see anything more but something on our to-do list.
I have been guilty of doing this. I told you all during my second week that I have never seen it more than that. Now, as we end gratitude, I can’t help thinking that I didn’t do all that I could to learn from this.
I have struggled as many people have, but I kept on seeing gratitude as something that we need to constantly have on our list, and I’m not a fan of lists.
When I was little, my parents constantly pushed me to create lists. They would buy planners, sticky notes, anything to have me write down what I needed to do that day.
To this day, I still make a list. But only inside my head. If I formulate a list, I will get frustrated and I won’t be able to see anything but the size.
So, putting gratitude on a list of ever growing needs, I prioritized it by putting it at the bottom. Where I couldn’t see it.
Even after learning that I shouldn’t do that and that I need to stop having it on my list, I still didn’t listen.
How do we combat that and get over it?
It’s not simple, I can tell you that from personal experience. I think it has to do mostly with personal desire.
When one has a desire, they push themselves to achieve it and they will become better. When I think of gratitude, I don’t desire it. But I want to.
I think that is what will get me there in the end. A desire to gain a desire to be more grateful.
And maybe, I’ll put it higher on an actual list!
