Always being grateful
One thing I observe very commonly is, that we forget to appreciate and be grateful about the small things that keep happening in our life. And we also forget to appreciate the people who are closest to us and are doing things for us. This little thing I observed in my friend circle.
There is a couple, and the wife always serves the husband food. Whether it is a party at their own place or someone else's place or even the daily meals, they have a habit that the wife who is my friend always serves food to him, but in return I never see him thanking her. It seems like it is her job to do it. First of all, he does not eat till he is not served by his wife, I guess a pampered husband also, and when he is served, he has no gratitude for that. Last week when we were all together, I addressed this with the husband, and I told him, first of all why should he be served every meal, why can't he take it by himself, and secondly if he is being served is he not supposed to say thank you to his wife. He laughed and said, it's out of love they have formed this habit, but then he agreed that he should be saying thank you to her.
He is not a bad husband or even that bossy type who gets work done from his wife, he is a very nice man, but just that he did not realize that he had to be grateful for what his wife was doing for him. There are many such small things where we fail to appreciate our partners or our children or parents for doing some small jobs for us.
Nowadays I have started pointing out to people to say Thank you on these little things. Even when I do it and the opposite person is not appreciative of it, I point it out to them. It's not that I want their appreciation, but I want them to be mindful about these things. I am not perfect and I am always happy to learn from my mistakes, and when someone points it to me, I accept it gracefully. I have always believed of not taking anyone for granted. When I keep saying thank you to my husband and son for every little thing they sometimes tell me, I do not need to, it is their responsibility. But by doing that I am teaching them also to be appreciative of small helps they are getting in life. I want them to be mindful about these little gestures.
Last week, both my helpers, my cook and cleaner helped me a lot with the festival preparations, and I thanked them a lot for their help. I also gave them some gifts from my side, in return one of them did not thank me, so I did point out to him. It was not that I wanted to feel great with his Thank you, my only reason to point it out to him was to be mindful and grateful for anything that he is getting in life, from me or anyone.
Gratitude is the highest form of prayer and also the highest energy frequency and I believe in vibing in it all the time. When I am giving my gratitude for something to someone it is helping me more then it is helping the opposite person.
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