Learning to be grateful

When you’ve seen worse, you become grateful for the things you have. There came a time when I lost something that was of great importance in my life. I appreciated it before, but not as much as I did after losing it. It took a long time for me to get it back, and when I did, I was glad of its return to my life. Since then, I’ve become grateful for each day I have it with me, and I remember the time I had lost it, with happy appreciation, whenever I look at it.

It’s hard to be ungrateful when you’ve seen worse; but worst often comes after losing the best. You don’t have to learn gratefulness from loss alone though. Asking yourself some questions will trigger thoughts that help you appreciate what you have, whether you’re in good times or bad: Is there worse? What would I do without this? The answer to that is never null. There will always be a worse scenario than the present and being aware of this cultivates gratefulness.

I could be reckless with my health, but I’ve seen worse and I now know the importance of good health. I could waste time in fruitless episodes of procrastination and laziness, but I’ve seen worse; I learned the value of productive work and how precious time really is.

I’ve seen worse. That’s why I look at the better side of life and choose positivity over negativity. Sometimes seeing worse makes you see best.