Want a happier life? Here are some small tips that can help!

Today, The Morning Thing shared an article from The Positivity Blog – The Power of Gratitude: 5 Small Tips for a Happier Life.

How have you been feeling lately?
Excited about each day? Or dreading the day before your feet even hit the floor?

Check out these 5 small, simple tips. Look through the lens of gratitude and the positive sides of life look a lot clearer!
Click HERE for the full article from Henrik Edberg.

1. Pause and look around yourself.

A first simple step to building the gratitude habit is simply to pause in your everyday life and to ask yourself questions like:

• What can I be grateful for in my life today?
• Who are 3 people that I can be grateful to have in my life and why?

2. Look towards yourself.

Don’t just look outward.

Ask yourself:

What are 3 things I can be grateful for about myself?

3. Take a closer look at the very smaller things or what you may take for granted.

Don’t just focus on the big and obvious things you can be grateful for.

Think about what very small things you can be grateful for too.

4. Do it early or late in your day.

Two things that I have found effective are:

• Take 1 minute in the morning to get a good start to your day by finding 3 small or big things you are grateful for in your life.
• Take 1-2 minutes each evening and use a journal to write down maybe 3 or 5 things you are grateful for about your day, about yourself or about your life.

5. Express your gratitude.

Don’t just keep the gratitude on the inside. Express it.

What does the bible have to say about gratitude?

Ephesians 5:20 – Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 – “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
Psalm 118:24 – “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 107:1 – “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

Click HERE for a list of 23 bible verses on gratitude!