Daily Gratitude: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Another simple recommendation for how to live your life.

Why don’t we do this? I think we don’t even consider building a new door. We’re so busy looking for a way that exists and often that works. As long as you don’t just give up but continue to try for a solution.

But when you can’t find a solution, why not try to build a new door. And the best way to do that is to reframe your problem. When you see it constructed differently, it’s easier to say “oh wait. I see now. Maybe if I did x, y would come out better”. Reframing (a word I don’t really like) is appropriate here because when you build a door you have to cut a new hole and then put up a new frame. Then you can hold your hands up (like you see in the movies) centering the problem. You now have another perspective. When it looks different, solutions may come more easily.

Build your door and mould your problem to fit it!

Daily Gratitude: “In every walk with nature one recerves far more than he seeks,”

Have you ever felt like this? You go for a walk because there’s so much on your mind. You don’t plan on anything but just moving and hopefully working things out. Then, you see something pink up ahead. You go over to take a look and it turns out a beautiful flower. Amazingly as you look at this pink beauty, you see clover and you begin to look for a 4 leaf clover. Then there’s a pretty leaf. And oh look – there’s a funny looking tree.

By the time you get home, you’re smiling and your problems are not as bad as they seemed when you left the house. In fact, it’s possible that you’ve started thinking more clearly about it. If nothing else, you’ve released some stress and anxiety.

Nature has so many gifts for us if we just open our eyes and hearts to receive them.

Daily Gratitude: “The best things in life aren’t things?”

I know I don’t have to write much about this! Wow.

So simple. So succinct. What more do we need to remember.

When we’re sitting at home watching an ad for this or that and about to hit the “order” button, ask yourself if you really need that thing. What will you do with it?

I’m not on an anti-buying campaign here or anything like that. I’m just asking myself what am I missing inside when I am buying something. Maybe the answer is nothing and whatever it is will just make my life easier (like a can opener for instance). Then I’m asking myself what in my life is better than the thing I’m about to buy? All I’m doing is getting myself to appreciate more about my life because there is so so much in that life that I want to appreciate.

Maybe the next question I’ll ask is “will this thing I’m about to buy help me appreciate more in my life?” Again just getting me to think more deeply.

This may not be for you but I want to delve more thoroughly into all the gifts I’ve been given – especially the hidden ones.