Daily Gratitude: I just love this. If I was still working, I’d print this out and hang it on my computer or wall so that I could see it and remember it. All too often we let one thing that went “wrong” ruin our day and sometimes even our week. How foolish is that? Why should one thing affect the rest of our day? We also have to remember William Shakespeare’s precious statement “nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so”. Perhaps you could pick a day, a day you think if going to be easy. Then set the intention of examining your opinions about things. Every time you think “yuck” or “damn” or “oh no”, stop and ask yourself why you made that determination. Is there a way you can look at that one thing differently so that maybe it’s not so bad? Make a serious effort to find something good about it. But even if you can’t, vow to sweep it under the rug and move on with your day. Make a conscious effort to tell yourself that that one thing will NOT start an avalanche of bad things happening. Be like a baseball player and “shake it off”. You can actually do the shaking motion as a symbol that you’re leaving that one thing behind and you’re not about to let it influence how the rest of your day will go.