Getting Back to Gratitude

How could I forget! I dedicated a whole section in my book to it! Well, instead of beating myself up for not remembering to be grateful, I'm going to be grateful that I was gently reminded to do so again. I read a really great book this weekend called "Happy For No Reason" by Marci Shimoff. It is remarkable and I highly recommend you read it. She did extensive research on happy people and one of the things that happy people do is express gratitude regularly. It dawned on me in reading the book that I was not being a very grateful soul, which explains why I've felt muddled and hostile of late. I feel like letting go of gratitude is the main reason why I'm not seeing what I want in my life. Marci reminded me that nobody has a perfect life with perfect circumstances, but we all have the ability to get back to gratitude and find the lesson even in the not-so-pleasant things in our lives. I'm going to start my day out by writing down 5 things I am grateful for and I'll report back as to how that's affected my overall happiness.