Appreciation is a very powerful thing because it is part of the way in which one's consciousness refines itself and becomes more humble, more pliable and more receptive. Gratitude makes more trusting, more social, and more appreciative. As a result, it helps us make more friends and deepen our existing relationship. Gratitude makes you a more effective person, helps you network, increases your decision-making capabilities, increases your productivity and helps you get mentors and proteges.

Gratitude reduces feelings of envy, makes our memories happier to experience good feelings and to help us bounce back from stress.

Gratitude has been shown in multiple studies to make people more friendly, thus, grateful people have more social capital. This means that grateful people are actually more likely to receive help from others for no reason other than that they are liked and appreciated. Gratitude increases your recognition of benevolence.

At first you may not think that you have anything to say thank you for but as you start you will slowly begin to feel an immense gratitude for even the sense of being, for life and for existence. Thank you is the greatest mantra.

Regardless of how little their favours might be, always learn to say thank you to those that support you one way or the other. Even if you tell them "Thank You" and they dismiss it with a wave of the hand, never cease to tell them thank you whenever they show you some kindness. Never cease to say thank you to those that support you, when you do this, you are building your own success.

Sometimes, the people who stand in the way and create obstacles are actually helping the most because they confront you and force you to come up with your best, enabling you to become a greater achiever. Therefore, don’t limit the act of gratitude to those who’ve made your life easier in some fashion but show gratitude to the people who’ve made it harder for you in their way, they’ve helped you develop. To those who’ve challenged you or offered support, you can write long thank-you letters, short ones, or just tiny little notes.

An important ingredient in opening your heart and seeing life as it truly is a blessed and magnificent series of events is to consider your day. Reflect upon your blessings and express gratitude.

Set a time aside (possibly before going to bed) to consider what has occurred throughout the day. As you look back through the day’s events, consider which three individuals have served you well and made your life richer or more enlightened in some fashion. Write these individuals a message of gratutide from your heart, expressing your acknowledgment of the role they’ve played in your life and how their presence is of wonderful service to you.

As the leafs gloom in greens
The tubers mounted and grounded on the ground
The tomatoes as radiant as the reds
The crucified cows displayed in meats
And fishes into frozens

Men troop in dozens
With heads of various heroes
To see what the stomach holds
Strays of trousers searching the cost
To curse the cause that exceeds the budget cut
Gallant men in search for the stomach holds

Giving back to society is in fact vague and misty in nature. There's so much that we procure from society. There are so many strata of people who make up the whole population of a nation but they are different from each other. Some are affluent and some are mere stragglers of survival. In many countries, there are masses who don't even have excess to basic day-to-day requirements. There are also people who have so much in excess, that the amounts if distributed, would solve many problems plaguing most areas around the world.

We don't live in a perfect world, and there's never going to be a perfect time to give—but there are always people out there in need of help. Whether interest rates are rising, the economy is in the doldrums, or even if you're experiencing financial difficulties of your own, the reality is that when you give,you help others who need it.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

I believe that giving is motivated by humans deeply held need to find meaning in life. For most people, meaning is deeply intertwined with community connections (defining community as narrowly as family and as broadly as the full community of life). Giving (time, money, and energy) is a central way that we strive to find meaning. The motivations of each individual giver are of course unique and as we eat to satisfy our desire to live, we give to satisfy our desire for meaning.

“You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan

Through the act of giving, you create opportunities to meet new people who believe in the same causes that inspire you. You make a real impact on those causes. If you've been stuck in a rut, whether personally or professionally, sometimes the simple act of giving can do the trick and reinvigorate your life. A man is measured by what he gives.

"We make a living by what we get, but we make  a life by what we give."―Winston Churchill

You’ve felt this too, haven’t you? You’ve felt this pain . This is the pain of holding too much inside. This is the pain that buries itself underneath the very fabric of your heart and snaps all the threads that hold it together. This is the pain of loss, of hopelessness, of utter despair and you’re left with nothing but a deep, hollow anguish you can’t begin to describe. You can’t move. You can’t think. You can’t feel anything but this hurt.

I understand. Oh, how I understand. But let me tell you, it may feel like a bullet just collided with your heart and you’re watching your world come crashing down around you, but you’re not dying. You’re still alive,though you might rather not be alive if this is what alive means, keep holding on. You aren’t alone in the misery you feel. I’ve felt it too and so have so many others. So let me help you climb out of this pit of pain. The next time it comes…

1. Breathe.

Take a long, deep breath in and hold it for a few seconds. Then slowly and steadily exhale. Let not only the air release from your lungs, but also the emotions eating away at your weary heart. Push them out of you like you’re desperately trying to rid yourself of a toxin. Inhale. Exhale. Breathe .

2. Feel.
Feel it all. Do not rob yourself of feeling anything. Feel it and react. Scream , wail, sob. Allow yourself to process the all that you have internalized. You deserve to feel, don’t let yourself think otherwise. Cry until your eyes can produce no more tears. Scream until your voice just stops. Then, and only then, do you stop.

3. Steady yourself.
Don’t let the ache cause you to stumble. Once you’ve felt it, you don’t need to revisit it. It’s done. It’s over with. You’ve exhaled it, and you’ve felt it as it left. Don’t give it permission to stay. You may feel crippled, but you are so much stronger than you think. Stronger than you feel. Pick yourself up off the ground. Wipe your tears, Calm your soul and raise your chin, beautiful.

4. Listen.
 Listen to music, to a friend’s encouraging words, to the melody of a bird out your window. Drown yourself in the sounds of a world that keeps faithfully spinning when everything seems to be at a paralyzing standstill.

5. Keep your head up.
I know it hurts like hell. It’s going to hurt like hell for a while. But it won’t hurt forever.Your smile will be genuine, your laugh loud, and your tears joyful. But until then, keep your head up. And remember: you’re worth far more than your suffering. You’re worth every single breath you take, no matter how rickety and painful it is. So breathe, darling. Breathe.

#1- Before you can do anything about overcoming your fears, you have to become aware of them. Acknowledge to yourself that they do exist. Don’t try to avoid them or run. In fact, that will only further propagate the fears rather than allowing you to contain them.
If you’ve ever heard the saying that knowing is half the battle, no truer words have been spoken regarding our fears. When we can first admit to ourselves that we’re afraid, whatever it is that we’re afraid of, we can work on overcoming those fears. But without admittitg it, there’s virtually no way to win that battle.

 #2 — Gain a clear picture of what specifically you’re afraid of.
I know that there’s a tremendous amount of pain associated with our fears. However, next to acknowledging their existence, we have to actually gain a clear picture of them. What are you so deathly afraid of? What’s the worst possible thing that could happen to you?Get clear about the fears, but don’t obsess over them. Write them down, but look at them objectively. Write a single paragraph of what that fear is, why it exists, and possibly where it stems from. Do this so that you can further move it out of your subconscious mind and into your conscious mind.

 #3 — Identify all the emotions associated with your fears
Once you’ve painted a clear picture of your fears, identify all the emotions associated with them. Do you feel angry or sad when you think about those fears? Do you feel physically sick, as though you were about to throw up? How does it make you feel? Yes, it’s hard to relive your fears consciously, but it’s an important step in the process.
By identifying all the emotions associated with your fears, you can better understand the ones that are fueling them on a daily basis. What are you most associating your fears with? This is a powerful driver of our actions and behaviors and must be addressed in order to better understand why we do the things that we do, and to better appreciate what holds us back in life.

 #4 — Detach yourself from the emotions by admitting that you’re powerless
Once you’ve identified the emotions associated with your fears, you have to detach yourself from them. For example, if your fear makes you feel sad, instead of saying “I’m sad,” say “I’m feeling sad.” When you identify yourself with a specific feeling, such as angry or sad or nervous, you become closely associated with that feeling, further drawing you closer into it.Admit that you’re powerless over the emotions, but detach yourself from identifying with them. When you do this, the emotions will pass, but your identity will remain intact. You won’t be the sad person anymore, you’ll be a person that feels sad because you’re human. And it will eventually pass and wash over you. Don’t allow it become who you are.

 #5 — Call upon your higher power and your faith to overcome your fears
God is a powerful force in my life. It is because of my faith in Him that I am who I am. But you might not call Him God. You might call Him Allah, Buddha, Mohammed or anything else. You might even call Him the spiritual oneness that connects us all.There’s something about faith that’s so powerful that it allows us to move past even our darkest and deepest fears. And “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me…” Your higher power is one of the most powerful tools for overcoming any fear.

 #6 — Understand the core of the emotions associated with your fears
Sometimes, we need to get to the core of the emotions associated with our fears. It’s not enough to simply identify the emotions and detach from them, but we have to understand their origin if we’re going to overcome anything. When you begin to trace back the origin of your fears, that’s when the real transformation begins.
Trace back the emotions. Why do you feel angry or sad or scared when you’re in a fearful situation? What’s the true origin of that fear? Every fear-associated emotion can be traced back to a point in our lives. Often, those emotions are associated with our childhood, before we were conscious of the thoughts or memories. Ask for help from others if that’s the case.

#7 — Fill your heart with gratitude and appreciation for what you have
At the opposite end of the spectrum to fear-based thoughts, you’ll find love and gratitude. Gratitude is a powerful way to overcome fear because it makes you focus on the things that you do have rather than living in fear for what can be taken away or happen in your life.
Fill your heart with an utter gratitude for even the simplest things in life. The air that you breath. The heart beating inside your chest. The ability to read or speak a language. The food on your plate. For being six feet above ground. Literally everything. When you focus wholeheartedly on gratitude, little by little, your life transforms over time.

#8 — Physically cleanse your body of toxins for at least 90 days
Toxins can quite literally destroy you. As much as you don’t think they can, they do. They alter the neurochemistry in your mind and release neurotoxins and stress hormones into the body that adversely effect our health. Physically cleanse your body of toxins for at least 90 days. Yes, that long.
I’m talking about a hiatus from everything. Prescription drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, recreation drugs. Everything. Your body is your temple, and the more you abuse it with toxins, the less likely you’ll be able to overcome your fears. But if you worship your body and treat it like the temple that it is, some extraordinary things will happen in your life.


#9 — Cut out refined sugars from your diet entirely
For much of the world, this one is difficult. Sugar is everywhere and in virtually everything. But if you’re careful enough, and you plan accordingly, you can cut out all refined sugars from your diet. This includes soda,chocolate, candies, pastries, pastas and so on.
These have an enormously adverse effect on your health and well-being. They give you a rush and a subsequent crash, taking up a large portion of your body’s energy to process. Avoid refined sugars and you will alter your entire state-of-mind, body, and ultimately, your life.


#10 — Contribute your time and energy to a good cause
Contribution to your fellow man, woman and child, moves you away from fear-based thoughts. You focus on giving to others rather than worrying about your own financial or emotional survival. As much as pain and fear can do a number on us, contribution can do exactly the opposite.
I’m not referring about contributing your money. I’m talking about giving your time to those that are in need. How can you contribute your time to help others around you? If you seek, you shall find. And it’s through that very same contribution that you can shift your focus and realize the importance of other things out there in life rather than your own fears.

 #11 — Use breathing exercises to overcome your fears
The way we breathe, can dictate the way we feel. Shortness of breath relates to a depletion of oxygen to our blood. When there isn’t enough oxygen circulating into the blood, a number of things can occur. The fact is that, as we age, our oxygen levels drop, and much of this has to do with poor breathing habits that we develop through times of stress, anxiety and fear.
If you want to avoid a great deal of stress that’s associated to your fears, use a number of breathing exercises and make them habitual. Use the 4-7-8 breathing technique for this. Touch the tip of your tongue to the ridge of the top of your mouth. Breathe in for 4 counts, hold for 7, and exhale for 8 counts. Continue to repeat this until your fear and stress subsides.

 #12 — Write down and catalog your thoughts to gain perspective on your fears
Journaling your thoughts is a great way to get a handle on your fears while gaining some perspective at the same time. By journaling, you’re analyzing your emotions in the present moment, but reflecting on how they’ve come about. You can do this through stream of consciousness or through careful pondering.
Simply don’t overthink it. Write down how you’re feeling in this present moment. If you’re fearful, describe it. It helps to get it out on paper in front of your eyes. It moves from the abstract into the real world where you can dissect and dismiss those fears easier than when they’re hidden in the subconscious layers of the mind.


#13 — Leverage the Law of Attraction by embracing love-based thoughts
The Law of Attraction is a powerful force to be reckoned with. It weighs in carefully on the pure thoughtful energy that binds us all and either repels or attracts things into our lives. What most people chalk up to pseudo-science is real and exact, and quite powerful for those who know how to hardness this energy.
You can use the Law of Attraction to overcome your fears by leveraging love-based thoughts. Like attracts like, and if your vibrational energy is emanating love and acceptance, then you will naturally attract those things into your life. Do the opposite, and watch as you repel anything good and continue to wallow in your fears.

 #14 — Rely on the support of others close to you for help
Sometimes, we just can’t do it by ourselves. We need the support of others. Don’t be afraid to find a shoulder to lean on. Don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and call someone who can offer a guiding light to you. There’s nothing wrong with it, and although your ego might seem bruised at the moment, it will be thanking you after the fact.

As human beings, we rely on the love and support of others around us. We are emotional beings and we require the love of those around us. So why not lean on them? Others can help to put your fears at bay and give you further perspective from an outside looking in, which can oftentimes make all the difference in our lives