In short, gratitude is to be or the act of being thankful and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. But, between all the big words and the bluntness of that statement it doesn't really represent how powerful that simple act can be. These days we take advantage of what we have and what we're used to, even when we don't realize it. You know those lectures you always get? Like;

" Claire there are people starving in Africa and there you are throwing out your broccoli....."

                     The person scolding you is making a good point, then again its all about how you say it.

                     One in eight people do not eat enough to be healthy. 925,000,000 million people die each year from hunger. 1,300,000,000 billion tons of food is wasted each year." and there you are throwing out your broccoli.......". Now how do you feel about eating all your vegetables?

                     Once you realize how lucky you are you will see that gratitude may sometimes be forgotten and only there when you get what you want. And now that you know, you have to follow these three rules of the virtue;

1. Get It; Know what it is and what it means to be grateful.

2.Show It; Say your pleases and your thankyous to everyone. And don't throw out your broccoli.

3. Be it; Be grateful. Say thanks to God for everything, even when everything's not doing that great.

                   The point is that gratitude is kind of like a super power. When your grateful what you have becomes enough. It makes you happier inevitably making the people around you happier too. So yes, thank and be thankful because what if you only had, today, what you thanked God for yesterday.?

                                                                                                                                                                                ~ Claire ~