Every day millions of people pass through life full of sorrow and unhappiness. However, there are a select few who experience life's bliss with a jolly smile plastered upon their enlightened face. What makes these people different? What is the key to experiencing this bliss?
Over my not-so-many years of life, I have come to the conclusion that there is one easy step in achieving a state of happiness: count your blessings! Big blessing, teeny-tiny blessings, seemingly insignificant blessings, they all help water the seed of happiness planted in each and everyone of us. Just like a plant, when our seed of happiness doesn't get any water-blessings-our plant will eventually die. Then, the dead plants fumes infiltrates our thoughts and attitudes and make it more even more difficult for us to recognize blessings. By being unable to recognize our blessings, our plant remains in its dead state which refuels the never-ending cycle of sorrow. Being stuck in the sorrow-cyle truly sucks. Since most of us have been experiencing a blessing drought for quite sometime, we understand the feelings of loneliness and worthiness associated with it. No one wants to feel that way. So why not just water your seed with blessings? Well, it's much harder than it seems. Thankfully though, hard doesn't mean impossible. With that said, here are some of my tips to help count your blessings and in return provide you with some much needed happiness. 1. Anything is a blessing: Like a I said before, count big blessings, small ones, ones that may have been accidental. Your parents told you to have a great day at school? Wow that was so nice, she definitely did not have to do that: I feel blessed. You only got one problem wrong on your math test? HECK YES! Killed that, so blessed for doing well! Oh hey, you are reading this on some technological device that you are able to use? So thankful for the accessibility to the internet. 2. Be a blessing: Help someone else out and give them something to be thankful for! Send out encouraging texts, bake some treats for friends, pay for a stranger, let someone know you are thankful for them, do you siblings chores, tell your parents you something you love about them, tell your friends something you love about them, tell the Starbucks barista something you love about them! Not only will you be helping them, but you will also feel great for doing good! 3. Don't sweat the small stuff: You've probably heard this saying many times before, but really don't let little things ruin your day. For every one thing that goes wrong I bet all my money that there is at least one good thing to come from it. Sometimes it feels like there is no possible way it could be good, but if you really look for a positive you can find it. Its just some bad stuff is just harder to find the good in than others. 4. Keep a documented collection of your blessings: WRITE YOUR BLESSINGS DOWN! Keep them on a note page in your phone, in a jar next to your bed, in a notebook, paint pictures of them, anything! Just keep note of them so when life gets tough you can look back on previous blessings and find inspiration. Not only will you be reminded you are/have been blessed, it will also help you realize you may have missed recognizing some blessings today. 5. Live life: Take chances, do crazy unexpected things, and never skip out on an opportunity to partea with a bunch of friends. Organize game nights and dinner parties, and movie nights, and bonfires, and (if you're in school) study nights, and craft parties, and brunches, and sleepovers, and candle making ventures, and forest walks, and book clubs, and film clubs, and, of course, tea parteas. These are only a few of the multitude of things you can do to truly experience life which creates relationships and memories you can be thankful for! So the next time you're in a sadness rut, end the blessings drought and water your happy seed with some eggscellent blessings.
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