Finding gratitude in each other.

We all know we should tell the people we love, that we love them. Tomorrow is after all not promised. We want to make sure that the people we care about know that we do.

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Let's take it a step further. Instead of just telling people we love them, we can tell them why.

It's easy to forget the qualities about ourselves, especially during difficult times. It is easy to not even recognize them in the first place. Hearing that someone loves us may lose some meaning over time. We may lose touch with what that actually means. Or worse, that it means anything at all.

Have you noticed how people complain about what other people did wrong? Even to the people they care about. You did this wrong. You did that wrong. I didn't like this. I didn't like that. This hurt me. That hurt me. Me. Me. Me.

We tell people many reasons why we don't like them. Why we are not happy with them.

Then, we tell them, "I love you".

But, which will stick in the mind of the receiver? The critique or that we love them? (Especially, if this is a repeating pattern.)

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I want to challenge you starting today, to speak up when someone does something right. Right to their face.

You can do this with people you love but you can also do this with people you like. You can even do this with people who you don't like, but who do something you admire.

In short, you can do this with just about anyone.

If you have a spouse or significant other, write a list. Write a list of "What I love about you". Let them know what you notice about them. Let them know what you appreciate about them. Keep that list. Add to it.

Revisit that list when you are cross with your partner.

Tell your partner what you love about them when you tell them you love them.

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Tell the people you love what you love about them.

Tell the people who you like what you like about them.

Tell people who you notice something great about what you notice.

This is not to say we can't ever say anything bad to anyone. We can, if it serves a purpose, a productive purpose.

But, we need to start balancing all the bad things we say to each other, and about each other with something good. We need to empower people, not tear them down.

People often feel helpless when confronted with the question of how they could change the world.

This is one easy way that you can have an impact. This is one easy way to make the world a better place to live in.

Let yourself be known not as a person who speaks negatively, about, and to others. But, as a person who is loving, who is kind, who is compassionate, who is fair.

And, if you are on the receiving end of being told why someone appreciates you, what they like, or what they love about you, you know how wonderful that can feel.

Don't you want others to have that feeling too?

Money doesn't make the world go around. It's people. We can't do anything at all without people. People are what is most important.

Instead of being grateful for things, money, material wealth, etc. let's be grateful for each other first.

-Akiroq Brost

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