How To Attract More Energies and Benefits in 2021?
The year 2020 was challenging for many. Some suffered health issues, some faced financial challenges, while some underwent emotional turmoil. Many learned the value of life, family, and personal health.
I learned many lessons myself, and I’d like to share one of them with you today. This lesson is the art of practicing GRATITUDE.
Many of us are grateful for a promotion, a double raise, or when one of our dreams is fulfilled. But there’s a lot that you need to be grateful for. Let me share some instances with you:
If you and your family could survive the year 2020 as I did without contracting the virus, be grateful. That in itself is a blessing.
If you were able to manage your finances and meet expenses, be grateful.
If you had friends and family to talk to, especially within the same house, be grateful.
If you had a mother, a father, a sister, a brother, a husband, or a wife cooking meals for you, be grateful. I have always been fond of cooking, and as I had more free time during the lockdown, I learned how to cook some new dishes. I knew cooking was a tedious task, but I realized that deciding what to cook is even more challenging.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a freelance content writer for the last three years. Managing everything from client development, research, writing to client coordination, invoicing and payment follow-up single-handedly does become taxing.
On several days, I wake up to this long list of tasks in my diary with no desire to write, reply to client messages, and to top it all discuss new opportunities. I want to spend the entire day relaxing, maybe reading a book, knitting, painting, cooking, shopping, listening to music and dancing, or doing anything that helps me feel at ease. But then the worries of expenses, bills, taxes, and the future take over. Can you relate? There’s so much that I want to do; unfortunately, there’s no such thing as free lunches.
The book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne has changed my mindset and given me the new mantra to attract positive energies and accrue benefits in my life.
In the chapter, The Secret to Finances, Byrne beautifully shares how we need to be grateful for all the bills, taxes, and expenses. We have bills only because we have the ability to pay them. Let’s admit it, we have to pay taxes only because we have a taxable income which means we earn well. If we didn’t have the capability to pay off the bills, we wouldn’t have the latest smartphones, personal laptops, wi-fi connection, and other luxuries.
At first, the idea of being grateful for ‘expenditure’ didn’t quite resonate with me. But I decided to give it a try. Surprisingly, I felt good from within because I stopped complaining and cribbing at expenses. Each time I had to pay a bill or any other expense, I felt a sense of responsibility, capability, and respect. I accepted the fact that I am blessed with the ability to pay off the bill.
What’s more, I started enjoying work. Every new assignment brought in a different level of excitement. Where I used to feel irritated seeing a list of tasks, I now feel happy and grateful. I wake up saying a small prayer, “Thank you for sending me work, for recognizing my talent, for appreciating what I do.” After all, there are so many people out there struggling for a living, and here I am complaining because I have more than what I ‘want’ to do.
A lot of my friends ask me if being grateful is equal to compromising. Is it like accepting what you have? I don’t agree. Being grateful gives you a sense of balance. It makes you feel good about the things around you. Yet, it gives you the strength, belief, inspiration, and kick to do better. That’s because you eliminate the moments of complaints, cribbing, negative thinking, irritability out of your life.
Now that I am grateful for every new assignment, I have a higher motivation to complete what I need to. I have the go-getter spirit to push my limits and do much more.
From my personal example, I can share that being grateful has helped me add new clients, increase the amount of work from existing clients, manage time to write more frequently on Medium, and research on other ideas as well.
Being grateful for everything around me gives me new energy and vibe. For every challenge that comes my way, I turn it into a springboard for the future and decide to win without fail.
Amidst the growing concerns of the pandemic and the fast-paced lives we all have been living, remember to be grateful for the smallest of things. If someone replies to your message, be grateful that the person took out time. If your neighbor does not create a fuss over issues, be grateful. A person doesn’t always have to do something good or big for you. Letting you live at peace by not doing something stressful is also worthy of appreciation.
As John F. Kennedy once said, “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” Make it a habit to say thank you and express your appreciation sincerely without expecting anything in return. When we start paying attention to the little things people do for us, see the person who is doing it, and take the time to say thank you, our entire life will change.
I’d like to conclude by thanking my husband, my parents, my family, and my friends for giving me experiences and moments where I feel grateful for the life I live. I also want to thank you all for reading the article to the end.