Being Thankful
The act of practicing as well as maintaining gratitude!
- How do you place the hurt, the angry and at times the hate on the down low?
- How do you find the love and kindness as well as the support and compassion?
- How do you change your mindset from temporary to practicing gratitude?
- How does one be thankful for the good, the bad and the ugly?
DO NOT Burst Your Own Bubble(s)!
It is hard to see the possibilities and opportunities through the challenges! Finding the optimism and being resilient versus making complaints and excuses. It is not easy to see the good when you are experiencing the bad, the negative and the worst!
Think about . . . is it happening to you or for you?
- To practice and improve.
- To learn and develop.
- To strengthen and support.
- To grow and experience.
Do you still have the power even if it is something out of your control?
I hope to think so! To make those decisions and choices even if it means releasing, letting go and moving in a different direction. To change perspective to see it from all sides. To change mindset to process and work through it. You can a) accept and embrace it for what it is, b) change it or c) leave it!
We have no control over what life throws at us, but we get to make the decision on how to react to it! Hang tight and hold on!
The World Is Out There Waiting . . . Grab It & GO!!!
What Do You Need?
I find gratitude to be a great inspirer, motivator and energizer!
- It pushes me to look for the good and the positive instead of the bad and the negative.
- It pulls me to come from my heart and get out of my head.
- It tunes me into my emotions, feelings and thoughts.
- It taps me into nurturing and nourishing myself and my whole being.
- It makes me more appreciative of how I live my life and with what I have in my life too.
Taking Care of the WHOLE BEING . . .
What Works Best for You?
Do you think practicing gratitude makes you a happier as well as healthier whole being?
- Mindful Optimism
- Positive Thinking
- Open Mindset
- Being Grateful and Thankful
- Self Love and Sharing that Love
- Sense of Well Being
- Rest and Relaxation
Ask yourself what you want to attract more of in your life?
- Being more aware and present.
- Finding your calm and balanced self.
- Making mistakes to strengthen weaknesses and experience growth.
- Learning and developing.
- Discovering your path and journeying on!
- Practicing gratitude as well as forgiveness.
- Believing and trusting in yourself and who you are.
- Discovering your strong!
- Cultivating patience to practice to progress.
- Dreaming . . . Going for what you want and LOVE!
Get Out There!!! (Photos by RSheridan)
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January 25th, 2016 at 9:05 AM
Your posts always make me reflect and then leave me with a smile. I am harboring a bit of anger (trying diligently not to) for something that happened to us before moving here and I find that I do in fact burst my own happiness bubbles when I allow that to seep back into my life. Moving on isn’t the same as working through it and this post was very helpful with looking at it in a new light. I think I need to find my gratitude and try this again from another angle 🙂
January 25th, 2016 at 9:11 AM
You are so SWEET – Thanks!
Yes to working through it and processing it before moving forward! Otherwise you just dwell and harbor and maybe get stuck and bogged down about it.
Here’s to Practicing Gratitude – Wishing You the BEST 🙂 Happy Day – Enjoy!
January 25th, 2016 at 9:19 AM
For me? Lowering expectations….
January 25th, 2016 at 3:43 PM
Good One – thanks for sharing! Happy Day – Enjoy 🙂
January 25th, 2016 at 4:32 PM
Certainly an excellent read for me today as I’m struggling to remember good, being patient, finding strength, etc., as I suffered another setback (moneywise at least) – some jerk broke into my car and stole my iPod (yes my mistake for leaving it in there, but I was at home for one and forgot it for another); this pushes me back in terms of money I don’t have to spend on that type of extra expense and keeps reminding me of why staying put is beyond frustrating. I need to find better paying work somewhere somehow because this just barely getting by is killing me (maybe not literally but certainly emotionally and fiscally). But despite all that, life is still pretty good. It could have been worse, it could be even more expensive, etc. It’s just a reminder of why I need to move along and there’s good in that too I guess. It’s just trying at times. Thanks for always being a light in the dark for me! 🙂
January 25th, 2016 at 8:40 PM
I know how much you love your music too 🙂 Remember to find your shine and sparkle and light the way for yourself too!
January 26th, 2016 at 10:34 AM
As always, inspiring words that cause me to pause and think about how I’m dealing with the challenges life has thrown at me.
January 26th, 2016 at 2:48 PM
Happy to Inspire 🙂 You can either play, catch, run, etc. – wishing you the BEST. Happy Day – Enjoy!
January 29th, 2016 at 2:56 AM
I don’t have any of the answers!!