Fifteen Minutes Per Day Is All It Takes To Transform Into a Better Version of Yourself

I don’t remember where I heard this mantra but it stuck in my head:

No judgement, just gratitude.

For the past four years, I’ve made it a point to spend seven minutes morning and night to reflect on all the things (and there are many) I have to feel grateful about.

This habit started when my grandma died. My grandma always smiled despite loosing her husband, living alone, and not being in the best health. She was a breast cancer survivor and also suffered from back pain that reduced her mobility. But she was one of the most positive people ever.

One day I asked my mom why Grandma was always so happy when I personally thought she should have been sad. “Ask her.” my mom replied. So I did and her reply is the reason I started my fifteen minute per day gratitude habit.

Every Blessing Counts

At first she laughed. Then she shook her head and told me this: “I am happy because my entire life was blessed. I lost my mother so young when I was only 3 but God brought our nanny to live with us and she was the kindest, most loving person one could have ever sent to raise me and my siblings. Then I grew into a young woman and met your grandfather, who was…