Thank god I'm still alive

One of the things that I like to do in the morning is a small gratitude. Usually my morning routine right now are pretty rigid. I wake up, pray, drink a glass of water, and write a blog post. But one thing I didn't realize, before writing and after I take a glass of water, usually I come outside look up to the sky, without knowing why I say to myself, "Thank god, I'm still alive!"

For your information, I don't like to gratitude. I mean over-gratitude. People nowadays "use" the word gratitude as something to solve their problem. You got problem in your workplace, your friend said, "You should be grateful you still have a job!". You got a probelm with your wife or family member, your friend said, "You should be grateful you still have someone who loves you!" And the list goes on.

The point is we overused the word gratitude (or grateful). On one hand this could be a good thing. We can see problem as something we should grateful for. But on the other hand, if we do it too much, it will stop us from improving. How can be always be better if we always look down to someone no better than us!

You have a toxic environment job, and you compare yourself to your unemployed friend, you said "I should be more grateful!" No you should get the shit out from that job!"

The same thing apply to any other thing, like you have an abusive wife/husband. You said, "Thank god I still have someone to be loved!" Are you kidding me?!

Back to our first topic, then why on earth I make this post? Why your morning gratitude is still fine? Because when I said to myself, "Thank God, I'm still alive!" I didn't belittle any problems. That's the key. I don't face any problems, I'm just happy that I'm still alive today. And I don't know when I'm not. That's why we need to cherish every single day in our life with gratitude.

That's in my opinion how you should treat gratitude!