I was armed at all points. It was a pleasure to be so completely equipped for the life battle with my gratitude weapons being polished steel. — Olya Aman
T. was a generous spirit. He had all the illumination of wisdom, and yet he was distressfully dying. I was touched with wonder at the depths of perception of which this person was capable. His unselfish belief in the idea that gratitude is a way to make the most of life was something I could set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to.
T. had a taint of death, a flavor of mortality in him—which is exactly what I needed to shake my world to the bottom. I hung on every syllable he uttered in his diary, and received, as oracles, all he wrote.
“Of parents extremely poor and extremely honest, it was next to impossible that I could paint my life other than in grateful colors. Our family seemed to be possessed with a kind of intellectual gaiety at the times of the most troublesome hardships. We were able to starve any thoughts of misery and lack of appreciation entirely away by just a mere force of heartfelt love to each other and to the life itself.”
“I often was bruised and felt scant of breath but never ungrateful. Every misfortune walked me away from despair and gave me the key to patience. I was a sick-nurse to my father. I was seriously out of health.”
“I had good winters and poor winters. I basked in the sun and went to bed when it rained. And I never forgot to spend a few moments a day reflecting on the things in my life I was blessed with.”
“I was determined to live longer, although the doctors professed the limit till just two-and-thirty. Imputing it to nothing but grateful feelings, which for ought I knew, prolonged my life extremely, I was able to make it to these days, waaay past forty.”
“When I was in pain I more often smiled than scowled. That was the foundation of my beauty despite of my many limitations. Had I lived my life again in every detail of desire, temptation, pain and surrender, I would have chosen the exact life I lived to the very aspect of sickness and every element of loss.”
“Gratitude gave me that easy confidence of manner. Always quite up to everything, I was a sort of person you could depend on, and that made me splendidly respectable by my partners and coworkers.”
“I took no notice of negative people and very little of pessimistic acquaintances. The wealth of positive emotion awakened pleasure and added loveliness and virtue to my life.”
“The fervency of my personality trembled from sunlight and fragrance. Gratitude created a barrier that was guarding me against cold and cheerless.”
“I looked on nature and my fellow-men and didn’t see the dark and gloomy. The cheerful colors prevailed, and those were reflections from my own grateful eyes.”
T. died at forty-eight. When I saw him last, he evidently found great difficulty speaking. He waited long to collect himself, and then he murmured simply: “Take this,” and he handed me his diary. That book had a voice that dropped deep into my soul.
The last page contained a message:
“Pain passes, but love remains. We suffer so much sometimes. I’m very old when I think about it, but I grow young again when I believe in generous mistakes that hurt, happy tears that burn, and deep adoration that squeezes the heart till every drop of love is revealed. And the only way to see the beauty in life is to be able to open your eyes every morning with extraordinary grateful gladness. Only this feeling will make you beyond the reach of pain.”
Olya Aman 
There is no doubt that Gratitude not only makes us feel good. Adopting the habit of gratitude can also be good for us. As with other positive emotions, feeling grateful can usually have a great impact on our lives. Research on the brain shows that positive emotions are good for our bodies, our minds and our brains.
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This is all so try, gratitude changes your life in so many ways. I count my blessings everyday and thank myself as well as others so much.
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While there is so much negativity around us, feeling and being grateful is definitely a beacon of light the world needs. Laugh in the face of adversity and let your spirit rise!
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I recently started to journal and have been working on gratitude as part of my daily journal writing. It helps to be able to write it out and see it all on paper.
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Aww what a nice post. It’s definitely important to have gratitude as it can remind you of all the good in your life.
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Gratitude is something I struggled with for years. Over the last couple of years, I’ve really tried to practice it more and more.
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Your article makes a lot of sense. At least once every day I tell myself, that I am thankful I am alive and then try to do something which makes me feel happy and contented.
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Developing attitude of gratitude is one of the simplest ways to improve your satisfaction with life.
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Sometimes, it can be so easy to focus on what we want or need instead of what we have. I try hard to focus on gratitude daily.
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It’s so important to have gratitude in this life, It can improve your life in so many ways. Improves your attitude, your satifaction, and relationships with other people.
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You are so right. Gratitude does result in happiness. When I started appreciating life around me, then life started to get way better and wonderful actually!
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I’ve always believed that gratitude is one of the keys of happiness, and I agree with all the additions you said.
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this is such an uplifting post. Gratitude is a powerful feeling that instantly makes us feel lighter, happier and so much more content with our lives. I keep a journal where I note down the things I am grateful for.
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It is so important to appreciate what is good in life and not think negatively
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Gratitude is so important. It can really make a difference in how you engage with others.
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This is a great blog.. Gratitude is so important especially to feel whole as person. Keep up such great blogs.
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oh I can’t agree more with you! Gratitude is without a doubt the secret weapon that we all possess.
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I love this. Gratitude is so good for your mental and emotional health.
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Gratitude is super important for our lives as it makes our lives happier and more positive. We need to be a grateful everyday for everything little thing around us.
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It’s always important to have gratitude in our life. It enables us to know where we are heading to and the people that we should be thankful of.
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Starting from the morning newspaper to the every person whom we meet is filled with different feelings and emotions. Gratitude towards life and it has to offer to every one is very important that one recognises and value it. gratitude for every moment allowed to spend on this face of earth and aloo various experience to touch our lives is very important.
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Oh wow, the phrase “joyously tranquil” is so lovely. What a wonderful thing to strive towards.
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I could not agree with this more. It is important to be grateful for sure
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This is all so true, gratitude is so important! I write down 5 things I am grateful for every single day!
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Important points in this article that we should be aware of about this gratitude that makes us absolutely and fearlessly alive This would surely be a huge help. Thanks for sharing this one out.
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