There is so much talk about gratitude.
Be grateful for what you have.
You can’t be angry and be grateful
Gratitude turns what you have into enough.
Write a gratitude journal and it will change your life.
Its true. Gratitude can change a bad attitude into a good one almost instantaneously,
Its important.
But even gratitude has a bit of a dark side.
Gratitude can turn into a way of hiding… we can find any number of ways to hide from life, and we need to always be aware of how we are avoiding showing up.
If you dampen the fire inside of you that wants more from life, the fire that sparks you to get up and get going, the fire that keeps you working towards the life you dream of and overcoming obstacles, and pushing through resistance, you are hiding.
If you choose to dampen that fire with gratitude, and tell yourself you need to be grateful for what you have instead of wanting more… you are hiding behind gratitude.
And while that gratitude will keep you from feeling bad – it will also keep you from moving forward… and you become stuck.
Yes, its important to be grateful for everything – but it is ok to seek better. It is actually an important part of the human condition. Our happiness is derived from progress and the way to progress it to strive for better.
Make things better – there is always room for improvement.
Then be grateful for every step forward, every insight, every gift, and lesson learned along the way because they show you are making progress.
And progress is what its all about.