The path to Tranquility (spring)
6. Cultivating a grateful heart
Cultivating gratitude means increasing our consciousness of ourselves and being sincerely grateful for the people and things we encounter every day. We often desire something more but forget to be grateful for what we already have. However, even in the little things like admiring a view, we should learn to be grateful.
Life comes from nothing, and then we can perceive everything in the world and the various flavors of life. If not for nature giving us this life, we wouldn't have the feelings we have today. Therefore, we must first be grateful to nature. Even if we don't want to continue living, we should be grateful that nature has given us free will, allowing us to decide our own life and death. Otherwise, we would be like other animals whose life and death are completely controlled by fate.
Secondly, we need to be grateful for life itself. We wouldn't have the ability to feel gratitude if we weren't born as humans. This includes being grateful for others. Our life wouldn't be called human life without others. At the same time, we need to be grateful to all things, because all things not only provide us with beautiful scenery throughout the seasons, but also nourish us and allow our lives to continue.
We need to learn to be grateful for every encounter and pay more attention to details in the trivial matters of daily life. For example, when we wake up every day, we are grateful to the sun for giving us great energy. We are grateful for a cup of hot tea next to us, which makes us feel warm. We are grateful for every stranger, who makes us feel that we are not alone. We will find that there is reason to be grateful for everything no matter how big or small. As long as we cherish ourselves and the things around us, our gratitude will grow.
When we have a grateful heart, we will be grateful not only for good times but also for adversities. We're grateful to those who love us because they make us better. Be grateful to those who love us, because they contribute to our growth. We are also grateful to those who don't love us because they remind us to cherish the love we have. When gratitude becomes a part of the soul, we will accept everything, and the more we accept, the less resentful and troubled we will be, and the more happy and happy we will be. When there's no resistance in our hearts, we'll have the ability to receive more gifts from nature.
Cultivating a heart of gratitude is a way to enlighten the soul. However, we should not deliberately ask ourselves, because this will not produce true gratitude. Life is beautiful because of gratitude, as it embodies our passion for life and gives us peace. We need to deeply understand the value of life, as well as its true needs, and the importance of other people and circumstances to us, so that gratitude can occur naturally.
If we strive to be conscious with everything we say and do, we will progress faster. When we become aware of our own growth, we also feel joy, and gratitude for our existence, ultimately gratitude for everything.
5. Becoming a conscious person
