Daily Gratitude

Daily Gratitude: When I read this, I realized how true it is. I am or used to be an Olympic champion at catastrophizing. And I do have a daily practice of writing in my gratitude journal but my mind doesn’t always default to how great it is that something good had happened every time a thought about it comes to mind. I am really good at that when a worry comes to mind. Why don’t we fill our thoughts with good things? Ask yourself about this. Ask what you can do to flip the pattern. It is a pattern and a habit so we should be able to redesign our thought patterns. When I say “everything always works out for me”, it not only sends that concept to the universe but also stops the worry thoughts that had popped up in my brain. Are you willing to try to change? Do you think it will be worth it? I certainly do! Let me know what you think.

Daily Gratitude

Cheer someone up

Daily Gratitude: I bet if you think about this, you’ll agree. You should keep it in your “medicine cabinet” and take it out when you have the blues. It has to do with chemical and emotions but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that if you try to find out what is going on with someone and then help them feel better, you will notice yourself starting to forget about your troubles and your own positive chemicals can start to respond. Comment below if you have had similar (or even contradictory) experiences.

Daily Gratitude

Daily Gratitude: You hear people (including me) talk about finding your “why” and that’s a key point in figuring out what goals/ideas should be pursued. The “why” I’m talking about here, though, is when you’re up against difficulties. But instead of “why is this happening to me”, you can ask “why is this happening right now” this means that there is something about this moment that is important but it may be completely different from anything that’s going on at the moment (this has happened to me many times). So your next question should be “what”. There are many forms to “what”. “What am I supposed to be learning (and inevitably it’s something you should have learned before but didn’t)?” “What do I need to do?” Follow this what quickly by “How do I take care of this.” The point to all these questions is to get you off the “poor me” natural tendency and on to the action coupled with gratitude that you’re being given another chance to learn this lesson. As always, practice this on something simple.