Daily Gratitude: I am sure I’ve written about this before but I truly enjoy new takes on old concepts. It’s all about perspective and our interpretation of things that happen to us and around us. If we look at something as an annoyance, then its impact on us won’t be very big. It will just be another thing in the course of the day. If we look at it with major drama, then it will become a significant event in our lives and perhaps all else will have to stop until that one thing is resolved. This can be the same thing but looked at so differently by two different people. How do you view things? Are there some categories that invoke significant responses and some that don’t? That would not be surprising but it might be worth looking into to see if it can provide any clue as to why certain events stimulate your nervous system more than others. You can find a lot about your past as well as your present but checking out your responses and reactions. We should aim to be able to put an event or occurrence objectively into a table where we can simply examine it and use logic (not emotions) to evaluate it. When we can do that, it will help our entire bodies not respond with illness and stress. Practice with simple things – lay them out and go through what’s happened using logical objective criteria. The more you practice the easier it will become.