Life can be challenging on its best days and its so easy to get caught up in all the bad things happening around us. We get bombarded on the news with images of disaster, death, crime, peril, and trouble. Everything seems to be getting worse and not better. We have challenges in finances, family and work life. Every where are messages of challenges. So is it a wonder that the average human being can't find one thing to be happy about, let alone smile over? Its like...trying to fnd a beautiful flower in the midst of a fire storm...
In the midst of it all, I strongly believe that its important to stop and count your blessings. Even if you hate your job, your house is falling apart and your finances bailed with the economy there is still something that you feel blessed for. Because like my mother has always said, "there will always be someone out there whose situation is much worse then yours. So count your blessing for what you have even if you dont have a lot". And there is always something you can be thankful for. So I would like to extend a challenge to everyone. List 5 things you are thankful for every day.
Now it doesnt have to be big things but the little things for example, being thankful for the green light you got on your way to work that allowed you to get on the highway/freeway without stopping. Being thankful for the warm air that hit you when you stepped out your car on your walk in to work because it's not cold and rainy today. Being thankful that your make up looks nice or you shave da nice straght goatee this morning. Stopping and noticing that its lunch time and you've knocked 2 things off your to-do list or if your still on task one that at least your a few hours in and closer to being finished then when you started this moring. Or noticing how pretty your child's eyes sparkled this morning when they smiled at you and hopped out the car and walked in to school. Or giving yourself a pat on the back that you managed to stretch your finances this week and that jam that went on sale at Walmart tastes darn good on the bread you bought on sale at No Frills. Etc.
This challenge isnt about noting, appreciating or being thankful for big things but being thankful for the little things. The idea is that appreciating and being thankful for the little things will change your mindset and help you to see that life is not about the negative images and messages we get from teh news and from things happening in our life. Life is not all bad all the time. A situation may be negative but the reacton we have doesn't have to be. In order for our reaction to be different, our mindset has to be different. So how do you change your mindset?
One small step at a time; one small thank you at a time and eventually, each small step/thank you will cumulate to a few big steps forward. Many times, lifes challenges can leave us stagnant because we stop living nad focus on the lack, the negative and the desire to change when all along change is within or reach. I spoke about choices in my last post. A apart of choosing is choosing to see the positive, and choosing to see the positive starts by being grateful for the small miracles and good things around us. Good things do happen to good people. Good people can over come negative situations and thrive not as survivors but as achievers! We all have the power to achieve. So will you take this small step with me and list 5 things in your life, written down every day that you are thankful for?
I'll start with my List of 5 Things that I Am Thankful for today June 27th, 2011
1. I got 3 green lights today on my way in to work
2. It didnt rain today; it was nice, sunny and warm
3. My foundation didnt look shiney at 10 am
4. I drank 1 L of water today and ate all my lunch and snacks AND ate a really healthy dinner
5. I got almost all my filing done today and all the side projects that were dropped on my desk before I left work
What is your list? Will you joing me on my journey? Lets walk together for 2 weeks and change our lives, 1 thank you at a time. :) Are you ready?
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