Daily Gratitude: We’re more than a week into March but i think this is a great way to look at it (and maybe every month). What if we decided that each month was a time of renewal and we could sweep away all the stuff that’s no longer of use? That would include and anger or worry we had. It’s a new slate so even if you think you made mistakes in that last month, they can be wiped away. The event may not be able to be wiped out but your response to it can be altered. See everything that happened as a piece of the puzzle of your life. If you’re putting together a jigsaw puzzle you need all the pieces to make sure you have the picture you are looking for. The same goes for all those “bad” things that hqppen. Change your view of them and change what they mean to you and your life

Daily Gratitude: I recommend a book by David Brooks (“How To Know a Person”). It is excellent and is a great way to start learning to harmonize with others. This is something sorely needed at this time of our lives. It seems there is total disharmony abd whether that’s your thing or not, it a danger to the human race. We are a tribal people. Disharmony is not conducive to survival for our species. I think that we use labels to depersonalize people. It’s “easier” to call someone a name than it is to provide evidence to support your position. How do you argue a label such as “you’re a jerk”? How do you refute “you’re an a*hoe”? Or even more – how do you argue “you don’t know what you’re talking about?” without being given specifics.? It’s too bad we can’t just discuss facts without getting so emotional. But the mere nature of some of these discussions means there’s a winner or a loser and no one wants to he the loser. What steps can you take to foster harmony in your family, your work or in any gathering you’re involved with ?

Daily Gratitude: You can spend days, weeks and even years wishing things were “different”. But as you’re doing that, you are cultivating negative vibrations. Huh? Wishing things were different means you’re not happy with the way they were. Instead we should just look at how things are as building blocks. Ignore the past for awhile and decide what you want to be and how you want your life to be. Then comes the most important task – start visualizing exactly what you wish to become and how you want things to be. Get it down to the smallest details. Keep doing the visualization. You hear of olympic athletes using visualization all their lives. They actually see themselves doing the exact moves and skills they need to do with each activity. You should be doing that also. Every day. Many times a day. It really does work