When You Change Your Mindset, You Change Your Life

• By candidasullivan
• July 31, 2025
• No Comments

It takes the same amount of energy to be grateful as it does to be hateful. I remind myself of this daily. The same breath that I use to complain, I can use to praise my Lord.

Whatever we do repeatedly will be our default. If we scrutinize our days and search for negativity, we will surely find something to be upset about. Complaining is a habit —a badge of honor for being miserable. Sometimes we feel the need to complain to make ourselves more interesting.

If we replace the negative, complaining mindset with one of gratitude, then our lives will change. To truly feel thankful in our hearts for something is a blessing. It doesn’t have to be anything significant either. We can appreciate even the most minor things, like a good cup of coffee, and be grateful. When we feel gratitude while drinking coffee, it just makes it better.

We can shift our mindset on anything to make it better. I used to hate going to the grocery store until I stopped one day and realized that it’s such a blessing to have money to buy food for my family. Although I may still dislike the process, I will refrain from complaining about it. Somewhere, there is a mother without food or water for her child who would love to trade places with me.

When we can get our minds to look for the positive and feel grateful, then our lives will be better. Today, I am thankful for another day. I’m grateful that God woke me up. I’m not in pain. Once I start naming a few things, my mind automatically begins searching for more things for which I can be grateful. It’s a beautiful process.