Three Questions That Can Change Your Life

When I was still younger, I lack knowledge about a lot of things and one of those things is gratitude. I used to take everything and everyone for granted and I only realized it when I lost them. I realized in a hard way that if you lack gratitude for the people and things that you have, it will disappear from your life. Because of my lack of gratitude, care, and attentiveness, I lost the people and things that I value the most.  

Maybe some of you can relate to this. Maybe you have a special person that you’ve been with for so long but for some reason, you stopped giving that person your full attention. Instead of talking to that person, you just focus on scrolling and reading your Facebook feed. You might also possess a valuable item like your car. At first, you clean your car twice a week and meticulously check it every time you see it, but now you just use it and you no longer bother cleaning or checking it. Humans have a tendency to take things for granted.

There was a social experiment entitled “Violinist in the Metro” done wherein Joshua Bell, a world famous violinist played his violin at a corner of a Metro subway station to see if people will stop and listen to his music and give him tips. Surprisingly, a lot of people did not notice Joshua Bell. Some noticed him but was in a hurry to stop and listen. In the end, Joshua Bell ended his 45-minute concerto with only $35 and no applause. That time, no one realized that the violinist playing in the subway is very famous for playing difficult music pieces written for violin and that the violinist plays at sold-out concerts with ticket prices not lower than $100. Those people have taken for granted a great opportunity to listen and watch a great musician.

This shows how we tend to take for granted great and beautiful things because we are so caught up with our errands and the things that we think are more important. 

In today's blog, I want to share with you how three powerful questions helped me become a more grateful person and helped me accomplish what I want in my life.

The three questions I ask myself every morning I wake up and every night before I sleep are:

This question will lead you in the right direction by making you realize the great things that are happening in your life. It will help you see what's right in your life and when you acknowledge what's good in your life, you will feel happier, contented, and more peaceful. 

You and I, have a lot of things to do and have a lot of people that we meet every day. By asking this question, we bring the things that we love or the people that we care about and hold them in our awareness so that we can avoid taking them for granted and make them part of our priority.

This question will help you evaluate the things that happened to you and capture the learnings from those experiences. This way, you will see the opportunities for your personal and professional growth. Every experience teaches us something. The ability to reflect on our experiences and learn from it is crucial for our success in any endeavours. 

Ask these three powerful questions every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to sleep. This will change your life for the better just like how it changed mine. Now, I have friends from all over the world and I work with people I love. Now, I continue to learn and grow every single day. My environment changed as I changed my attitude towards things. Try asking these three powerful questions, my friend, and start seeing the changes in your life.