The Power Of Showing Gratitude: Fostering Appreciation and Happiness In Daily Life

Hello guys,
It's a pleasure on my path to share with you all my entries in this week's contest which is titled "The Power Of Showing Gratitude: Fostering Appreciation and Happiness In Daily Life" which is organized by @goodybest. It is an interesting contest and I would love to drop my entry ASAP.

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Before we go ahead I would like to invite @josepha, @abdullahw2, and @steemdoctor1 to join this contest in this community today and share their participation as well, I do hope to see and read your entries as well.

(1) What Is gratitude in your own opinion?

In my opinion, gratitude simply means to say thank you for something. In life, we have many things to say thank you for. For example, we say thank you to God when we wake up from bed, and we say thank you to our family and friends when they do something for us.

We say thank you when someone does anything for us. So saying thank you means being grateful or showing gratitude. So gratitude is all about saying thank you.

Gratitude should be said and shown by anyone no matter your social status because we can not do everything for ourselves. So you appreciate someone for that thing he or she does for you that you weren't able to do for yourself.

(2) Why Does Gratitude Matter?

Gratitude matters because it serves as an open door for more things to come your way. When you show gratitude for the little things that someone did for you, then the person will be tempted to do even more.

We show gratitude to God always because God keeps us and he alone can do what we can not do for ourselves. So when we appreciate God, he will do more for us.

So gratitude is very important to us as it shows that we appreciate what has been done for us. It also gingers the person who did that little thing for you to do more, that is the reason I said gratitude serves as open doors for more blessings.

(3) How often do you show Gratitude? (give instances)

The number of times one is expected to show gratitude is countless. This means there is no limit when it comes to showing gratitude. Gratitude should be shown anytime when the opportunity is given to us.

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A very good example is showing gratitude to God for all he has done for us. It's our duty always to appreciate God because he alone does for us what we can not do for ourselves.

So every moment of our being, we are supposed to appreciate God because he alone made it possible for us to see the day and also get what to eat for that day.

(4) How Can you Make Gratitude a Habit, And how do you inculcate it in young ones?

You can make gratitude a habit when you practice it always. Practice they say causes improvement. So when you practice gratitude before you realize it, it will become a habit to you.

If for instance, you say thank you through prayers every morning, afternoon and night, it will become a habit to you. You will always want to say it because it has become part of you.

Also, when you do this always in the presence of your younger ones, they will become used to it as it will become part of them as well. So in doing so, you have successfully inculcated in them that habit.