Daily Gratitude: As we continue in our new year, maybe we could consider the unique idea of embracing change? How does that sound? Pretty scary huh?

Maybe if we introduce change into our normal patterns, it won’t be as shocking. This still won’t help the sudden and great change this quote talks about. But it might help in our everyday life. Even if it doesn’t help dealing with the change, it may help accepting it. Those are two different things. You have to be able to accept something before you can deal with it.

How can you introduce change into your life on a consistent basis? Share with us.

Daily Gratitude: Boy could we use more people with first rate intelligence right now if they would do what Fitzgerald advocates.

But let’s look in the mirror first. We can’t point fingers until we examine ourselves. I don’t think i can hold two opposed opinions at the same time right now. Well let me amend that. It’s possible I could do that because after all I’m a Libra and if you’ve ever tried to get a Libra to make a decision you know what I mean.

So maybe I could hold them. Then the question is “so i want to try to hold them at the same time?” And if my honest answer is “no”, then I have to ask “why not?”

Those questions are much more revealing in my opinion. And they make me go deeper into my feelings. That’s a good exploration to make.

Look at yourself in the mirror tonight or tomorrow morning and ask yourself these questions. Then it might be an interesting topic of discussion with some very close friends. Just ask them about the concept, not the specific things
Then maybe you and your friend can practice holding opposing ideas – but don’t start with the heavy duty ones. That’s a recipe for disaster.

Daily Gratitude: If you listen to my hotline, you’ll know that I end every call with “have a diamond day”! It comes from John Denver’s song “some days are diamond; some days are stone”.

Diamonds are created from massive amounts of pressure. Napoleon Hill shows us with this quote that pressure (uncertainty and adversity too) is what leads to the greatest breakthroughs. Every day should be a diamond day because we can choose what we we and how we interpret what we see. Remember that happiness is a choice.

Some day when you’re feeling as if things aren’t going the best, take some time to look over your past and see if this hasn’t been borne out.

You can do it when things are ok too so that you have reference for the future. It gives you something to look at and tell yourself you’ll get through it AND be better off for it.

When you realize you’ve “been there before” and have plenty of t-shirts, it will help you lower the degree of suffering (you can use the two arrow theory for that). Notice I didn’t say it would be gone but it should be less if your brain can believe it’s safe and this situation is temporary.