Research has shown that by consciously practicing gratitude, you can train your brain to start noticing more good than bad in your life.
Your attitudes and actions follow suite.
Despite being surrounded by answers to your prayers however, gratitude can be hard to come by when things aren’t going well.
It could be that the storms of life have soured your outlook.
As I’ve come to realize in my life, maybe it’s that we need better prayers.
I’m not talking about prayers in a religious sense, necessarily.
I’m talking about the things you want, wish for, and desire that direct your investments of energy and intention in life.
Determining what truly deserves these investments is one of the most important aspects of creating a meaningful life.
Think about the material goods, relationships, and accolades that you’ve worked, sacrificed, and prayed for with all your might. Attaining these probably made you feel like you were on top of the world.
You were so grateful.
For a moment…
Then they turned into mere steppingstones to your next object of desire.
Despite being an answer to your prayers, the gratitude you felt quickly faded.
There are also the answered prayers in your life that are the first to come to mind when you hear the word “grateful”. No matter what life throws your way, these are a continual source of energy and inspiration.
What is the difference between the answered prayers that continually uplift you with gratitude, and the ones that leave you hanging?
The only one who knows that answer to that question is YOU.
I’ve found that when my answered prayers feed my ego, that ego only gets hungrier.
When they feed my soul, they serve as a continued source of gratitude.
If the answers to your prayers don’t provide you with a continual source of gratitude, it might be time for better prayers.
