Why Rejoice? Living in a spirit of gratitude and celebration not only attracts more good to flow your way, but it also shifts your being into a state of bliss—which is a wonderful way to experience life.
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”
—George Bernard Shaw
Make the Choice to Rejoice
The present moment is all you truly have. Your past is over and your future has yet to occur. Every moment of happiness and joy is occurring in the NOW.
Rejoicing is grounded in gratitude, with a keen appreciation for yourself, others, your abundance, and the beauty around you. Without an attitude of gratitude, it is all too easy to get caught up in:
- Focusing on scarcity rather than prosperity.
- Focusing on what is not working rather than what is.
- Focusing on your weaknesses, rather than your strengths.
- Taking your blessings for granted.
- Feeling a right of entitlement.
Even in the worst of times, you can find something to be grateful for, but you must seek it to see it, no matter the difficulty of the circumstance. In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl describes how as a concentration camp prisoner during the Holocaust, he was able to find purpose and meaning in his circumstances. Finding something to be grateful for gave him a reason to keep living.
While the changes in our lives are not so tragic or extreme as his, we can still lose sight of what matters most and fail to feel grateful. It is uplifting to rejoice in both the small and the large, the ordinary and the extraordinary.
12 Blessings to Rejoice In
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
—Lao Tzu
- Free will
- Being alive
- Being safe
- Being well
- Being free
- Having a family
- Having friends
- Abundance of food
- Modern conveniences
- Technological advances
- Unlimited opportunities
- Life-saving medicine and healthcare
I hope you will receive this gift—because to rejoice in something is a gift you give yourself. It’s a choice to see and appreciate this very moment. It’s free—and it’s freeing.
“Whatever we are waiting for—peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance—it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.”
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
Motivational Keynote Speaker and Change Expert Susan C. Young helps organizations leverage the power of Change & Resilience to Boost Positivity, Improve Engagement and Transform their Teams to make a POSITIVE IMPACT in life and business. This is an excerpt from her new book, Release the Power of Re3 . . . Review, Redo & Renew for Positive Change & Transformation. To learn more, please visit www.SusanCYoung.com or www.amazon.com/author/susancyoung.
