One of my favorite quotes is about how, when you are grateful for what you have, you will have more to be grateful for. I truly believe that.
So wherever you are in your path for love – single, dating, married, widowed, divorced – be grateful. It may be hard in the present moment to understand why things have happened the way they’ve happened, but someday you will.
Find the good in where you are. Once you find that, more to be grateful for will come up. And more, and more. If you can get in the habit of feeling gratitude, you will slowly watch your life change, and improve.
When I was newly 21, I was living in a place where I only knew my roommates. I missed my family, I missed my home, I missed my friends. I didn’t love my job. I wanted to go back to school. My boyfriend – who wasn’t the greatest, by the way, lived in another state. My roommate at the time suggested I try one of Oprah’s little tricks, to keep a Gratitude Journal. Every night, you were supposed to write at least 10 things that you are grateful for in that day. Seems like a chore, does it? It was.
At first.
But very quickly I found that 10 things was easy. Most nights I’d write 20 or more things down. I started waking up the next day happy, and noticing things that happened throughout the day to be grateful for.
So as we embrace Thanksgiving Day, take that “attitude of gratitude” and apply it to your every-day life.
