Gratitude is important, most definitely. Acknowledging the great things in your life will make you a more satisfied and present person.
There’s something, though, that most people miss.
Listening.
Yesterday, my man and I visited a different area of London and had a massive dessert splurge of sweet treats from his native land. Delish! We’re cramming in lots of things in London before I leave for the magical countryside of Northern England.
In the past, I’ve tried to impose my will way too much. It made my life very narrow. If you’re going to have any kind of relationship, you have to be able and willing to listen. You’re not going to understand absolutely everything necessarily but’s not about that.
If someone is important to you, they have to feel acknowledged as well, otherwise what’s the point?
Every single person that has ever existed wants to feel listened to and finding people you can do that with can be very, very difficult, can’t lie.
Magic comes when you open yourself to being challenged, to accepting that you might at times be wrong and having the openness to trying things you would sometimes dismiss off the bat.
Give it a go!