Feeling Down and Discouraged

Once there was a person…okay it was me. I was super discouraged and feeling down and overwhelmed with life and kind of annoyed, and stuck. It felt like life just wasn’t working out for me, and things weren’t happening on my time frame. I was frustrated and just kept thinking, “Ahh, why can I not just get ahead?” And then one day I listened to a radio show or something, and they were interviewing this lady who was talking about luck. She had this theory that luck just doesn’t happen, and that there are steps you can take to become more lucky. I thought, “Oh, that’s what I need. I need more luck. I just need to be more lucky and then my life is going to be better.” I knew it would then be awesome. 

Gratitude Brings More Luck

So, I listened to her steps and the one that stuck out to me the most was when she said that when you are grateful and you show gratitude it brings more luck into your life. She did a whole scientific study on it and lots of research,and she found that people who are grateful are just more lucky. And she shared an easy way to show gratitude and to bring more luck into your life. When I heard it, I thought, “Well I can do that. I can be grateful.” 

Write Thank You Notes

So the tip that she gave was to write thank you notes to others. She shared that after every day before she goes to bed, or leaves work or whenever, she writes thank you notes to everyone that she worked with that day. I thought that was the greatest idea ever and the radio talk show person was surprised and said, “What? Like you actually write a handwritten note?” And she said that sometimes she’ll do that because it’s fun, but sometimes it’s an email, or sometimes it’s just a text, or maybe sometimes it is a handwritten note. But, in whatever form it may be in, she just expresses gratitude for those that she worked with that day and then that brought more luck to her. So, I thought I could try that.

Gratitude Does Make You Happy

I tried it and hello, that’s it, that’s the magic trick. It helped me so much to feel better, and happier, and more optimistic. As I did it, it just felt like things were going more smoothly for me. I felt like I was getting the support that I wanted and needed because I was showing gratitude for the good things in my life and I was looking at the end of the day at the things I had to be grateful for, and the people I had to be thankful for. 

So that’s my tip for you. Write a thank you note. Even if it’s just a text, it’s magic. It really is magic. Try it out. It has been amazing for me and I’m certain it can be amazing for you, too.