Daily Gratitude: This follows the “change of self” post quite nicely. Even when things seem stagnant in your life, recognize that you’re changing as the world around you is changing. You never stay in one place even when it seems like that’s all you do. You are constantly progressing. Your poor brain would rebel if it didn’t have the opportunity to redo its thoughts and ideas. Your life may seem stagnant but you aren’t. and it behooves you to look inside and see if you still think the same way about something in your life as you did. What about your relationship with your spouse? how has that changed? how has your opinion of him/her affected that relationship? Same with your kids and friends. What if you found out that your best friend supports the opposite political party than you? Would you be appalled and want to end the friendship? Would you be curious and want to know more? would you even care? What will be different, if anything, about your interaction with that person just because you now have one additional bit of info about them? Just thinking about it shows progress. it is also representative of a change in you. how does that feel?