Daily Gratitude: We all have stories but did you ever stop to think how much your stories rule your life. Your brain receives information and as it’s processing it, it’s trying to find a story in its database that it can compare the info too. That story depends on your childhood and all your experiences. Some of us have reactive stories. Some have loving stories. Some have both. The important thing is to realize that our reactions/responses to any single thing will be based on our history- our story! Once you recognize that, you can stop and think “whoa, what story am I telling myself here. After all it is just a story – it’s something from the past. So, I can change it if I need or want to”. There’s that awareness step again. Once you’re aware, you can now change it. You can give more – give what you didn’t get. Remember, though, that you have to be aware of what it is you didn’t get.