Goooood day readers! How are you? Let's be grateful for all the small things we have in life!

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This is the Day 2 of my gratitude challenge and I'd like to talk about something we sometimes forget - this small evolutionary miracle that make us all possible, it's called LIFE.

 7 Day Positivity Challenge | Day 1 | My Parents Started It All

As I said in my last post,  I believe that noticing every small things in your life is the way to go. You'll not only become a more sociable person (Who, here, likes people who only complain?) but you'll see that happiness is indeed a simple sexy beast, it doesn't come from extraordinary deeds only. All this sounds easy on a text, it isn't on practice.

Many people think that traveling will bring this mindset change instantly, when in truth, it's not the case if you fail to value the small things. It's not being in front of Mount Fitz Roy, Perito Moreno, at some paradisiac beach in Brazil or anywhere amazing in this world, that will make you happy. One could complain that it's rainy and windy on the mountains, or that the sun is too hot at the beach, there's always something wrong - Nothing will ever be perfect.

However, you can make it all perfect.

• What if, insteady of complaining about the weather, you could be grateful for being able to climb that trail - You could be in hospital.
• What if, instead of complaining about the hot sun, you could be grateful for being on vacations - You could be working hard below that same sun.

Believe me, all those silly complains I hear every single day when I'm traveling. Tourists bitching about everything, then they go back to their work with the same old problems. Has the travel solved the problem? Or they are the problem?

I won't go any further on the subject or I'll deviate a lot from the purpose of this post, which is posting something that I'm grateful for. 

     - Arthur, what does all that got to do with what you are grateful for? - You ask.

Everything, my reason for being grateful today is the root for making everything prettier. If you keep on reading you'll see one small example of how you can start changing your mindset into a more positive vibe, starting from the basics. It's all connected.

So, for what am I grateful today?

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I'm grateful for being ALIVE, for being able to wake up another morning - Be it gods fault, or death going on vacation, or the force, or science, or any other religious/scientific reason you believe.

It's absolutely beautiful being able to wake up, kick the covers and open the window - Thank you life for giving me another day.

I'll praise the sun and be happy if it is there; or complain a bit if it's rainy, you have the right to not like rain. - Remember, nothing can be ever perfect.

However, that is no reason to not be positive. I don't need to tell myself that rainy days suck, instead, I'll tell myself that it's good to have some rain - my dad's plantations will have a chance to grow, I'm happy for him.

If you want to change your mindset for a more positive vibe....

start from the biginning, open your window one morning and tell to yourself

"Thank you Life!"

Have you praised life today? - Don't tell me that your life is miserable, after all you are ALIVE! You could be under the ground, which would not be cool.

I'm sorry if this post went to deep into the motivational speech, all I wanted was to bring some light for those who feel sad today, and at the same time talk about my 2nd reason to be grateful for.

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I was tagged by @riverflows to:

Write a post about something you have to be positive about today - this could be anything from being thankful for your current situation, someone being nice to you, being thankful for your friends and family, or even being thankful for the opportunity you have been given here on Steemit - just keep it positive :)

• Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated.
• Mention three people who should do this on each day.
• Tag it with #7daypositivitychallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post Include a picture of something positive (related to your story if possible.)
• Tip: You need to put the # in front of 7daypositivitychallenge or it will not let you use the tag.

I would like to tag my friends @sina-adventure @jessicaoutside @ginnyannette whom I believe would write some beautiful texts - please don't feel obligated, but you've been tagged!

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And you, what are you grateful for? Don't be sad if I haven't tagged you, we still have 5 more days to go.

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~Love ya all,

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Disclaimer:  The author of this post is a convict broken backpacker, who has travelled more than 10.000 km hitchhiking. Following him may cause severe problems of wanderlust and inquietud. You've been warned.

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I'm Arthur. I blog about Adventure Stories, Brazil, Travel, Camping & Life Experiences.

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