5 Ways to Be More Grateful To give happiness to others, use these three magic words – Sorry, Please and Thank you. Realise and be thankful at all times for getting more than you deserve. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. If you do not thank God after every smile, then you have no right to blame Him for every tear. Be thankful for all those difficult people in your life; As they have shown you exactly who you do not want to be. As they have shown you exactly who you do not want to be.