NO THANK YOU!
DON'T SAY IT, FEEL IT
All your life, you use the words Thank You.
Right from childhood, you are taught to say Thank You. By the time we grow into adults, it has become a part of us. We use the words mechanically, in a businesslike way.
The words Thank you rarely carry the emotion that they are supposed to: gratitude.
In fact, we base our whole life on the opposite emotion: expectation.
In our relationships, we demand love. In society, we demand attention. From ourselves, we demand better and better performance. And from God, we demand everything that no one else can give us!
We keep on asking, demanding - without giving thanks for what we already have.
Gratitude is not some kind of morality which is imposed upon you.
It is a basic principle for your own happiness!
As long as you keep wanting, you are under the control of external events. When you live in gratitude, no one or nothing else can touch your happiness.
When you live with expectations, there is bound to be a gap between your expectations and their fulfillment. The moment one desire is satisfied, ten more will spring up.
Of course, in everyone's life, there will be some ups and downs. There will always be some unfulfilled desires. It is natural. As they say, it's simply a question of whether you choose to see the glass as half full or half empty!