Wonder Why Being Grateful is so Difficult-It"s So Simple
If our words create disturbance in our own minds and in the minds of others, then those words have not really fulfilled themselves.
They are not on track.
The purpose of words, all the words we use, the talking that we do, is to create silence in our hearts.
But how to reach this silence of the heart? By being grateful! Again the question arises: How do we remain grateful? One simple trick: Just by being aware that the mind is grumbling.
This is of course not at all difficult to find.
A little focusing on the inner will tell you that the mind is a monkey - chattering all the while.
The first step is to become aware of this simple phenomenon that the mind is grumbling.
The mind grumbles for what it has and also for what it does not have.
Many bachelors grumble that they have not found a proper partner.
And many married people grumble that they were better off all by themselves.
An employed man grumbles because he finds his work too hard, too stressful.
And an unemployed man grumbles that he does not have a job.
If it is sunny, the mind grumbles, "Oh, it is too sunny".
If it is rainy, the mind grumbles, "It's bloody sopping wet".
A grumbling man can grumble in any situation.
A master and his disciple were travelling to different villages, teaching and helping people.
But when the rainy days came it was difficult to travel, so they returned to their hut at the top of a mountain.
When they came back to their small little hut, half of it had been blown away by a big storm.
The disciple became very angry.
He said to God, "Couldn't you protect this small hut for us? My master and I are selflessly doing your work, going without and helping all the people, and you could not be merciful? People say that you are very merciful, but you could not protect this one small hut of ours, a shelter for us?" This complaint was there.
He now looked at his master, and could not believe what he saw.
The master was dancing! "What's the matter master, why are you dancing?" he asked.
The master replied that he was dancing because the storm could have blown away the whole hut, and God has been so kind, so merciful, as to protect some place for them to be.
"My heart has welled up at God's kindness, and that is why I can't help dancing".
Do you see that in the same situation, the ungrateful mind says, "Oh, you did this, you did that, you did wrong to me".
The grateful mind says, "How wonderful.
Thank you so much.
You are beautiful!".
When you are grumbling, when you are unhappy about something, you can't be grateful.
Can you? The mind becomes grateful only in silence, when it is not chattering, not complaining.
In times of adversity, when you focus on what you have, your heart will well up with gratitude.
Then all complaints will disappear.
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They are not on track.
The purpose of words, all the words we use, the talking that we do, is to create silence in our hearts.
But how to reach this silence of the heart? By being grateful! Again the question arises: How do we remain grateful? One simple trick: Just by being aware that the mind is grumbling.
This is of course not at all difficult to find.
A little focusing on the inner will tell you that the mind is a monkey - chattering all the while.
The first step is to become aware of this simple phenomenon that the mind is grumbling.
The mind grumbles for what it has and also for what it does not have.
Many bachelors grumble that they have not found a proper partner.
And many married people grumble that they were better off all by themselves.
An employed man grumbles because he finds his work too hard, too stressful.
And an unemployed man grumbles that he does not have a job.
If it is sunny, the mind grumbles, "Oh, it is too sunny".
If it is rainy, the mind grumbles, "It's bloody sopping wet".
A grumbling man can grumble in any situation.
A master and his disciple were travelling to different villages, teaching and helping people.
But when the rainy days came it was difficult to travel, so they returned to their hut at the top of a mountain.
When they came back to their small little hut, half of it had been blown away by a big storm.
The disciple became very angry.
He said to God, "Couldn't you protect this small hut for us? My master and I are selflessly doing your work, going without and helping all the people, and you could not be merciful? People say that you are very merciful, but you could not protect this one small hut of ours, a shelter for us?" This complaint was there.
He now looked at his master, and could not believe what he saw.
The master was dancing! "What's the matter master, why are you dancing?" he asked.
The master replied that he was dancing because the storm could have blown away the whole hut, and God has been so kind, so merciful, as to protect some place for them to be.
"My heart has welled up at God's kindness, and that is why I can't help dancing".
Do you see that in the same situation, the ungrateful mind says, "Oh, you did this, you did that, you did wrong to me".
The grateful mind says, "How wonderful.
Thank you so much.
You are beautiful!".
When you are grumbling, when you are unhappy about something, you can't be grateful.
Can you? The mind becomes grateful only in silence, when it is not chattering, not complaining.
In times of adversity, when you focus on what you have, your heart will well up with gratitude.
Then all complaints will disappear.
Kindy readers may please leave a word in comment, or "Rating".
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