Take a moment, jump in a helicopter and lift yourself overhead for a moment to see the helicopter view of your own life. It is from this vantage point that you will be able to see that there is so much more going on in life than you are aware.
I have just returned from FILEX, the annual fitness convention here in Australia, and am full of 'zooties' to share.
One of many highlights for me this year, a remarkable little dynamo of a lady called Amanda Gore.
I have heard Amanda speak at our conference before and as a result of her presentation I swiftly returned home to purchase a pair of gratitude goggles, which now take pride of place at the dinner table of my small family. It has become our ritual to take turns at wearing the oversized shamrock glasses during the evening meal and sharing with each other the highlights of our day. I am particularly impressed with the success of this ritual from many points of view - not the least of which being that my 3 & 5 year olds totally love it, and insist on following a protocol, whereby you must wait your turn to wear the goggles and participate fully in the family happy dance to celebrate each persons daily highlight.
Today I'd be quite happy to keep my gratitude goggles on all day show you my joy jig!
Team, we get to choose our attitude. Wake up and make a better choice. If your focus has shifted from what you love about your life to what you don't, then try this - join the tip of your thumb on each hand to the tip of your first finger making small circles, bring them up to your eyes and look through your new gratitude goggles to find something ... anything ... to be grateful for. Happiness is a choice, gratitude is a choice and when you put your gratitude goggles on and take a look you will be amazed at how much there is sitting right in front of you right now that makes you happy.
So now try this. Take up the challenge. Every day for the next month start your day by identifying and writing down three things that you are grateful for. Then get into your gratitude - deeply immerse yourself in the feeling of being grateful for these things and notice the very positive change it will bring to your day. What's the worst that can happen? At the very least one month from today you will have a list of almost 100 things that are awesome in your life to look at when things go wrong and remind you that YOUR life is actually pretty amazing!!
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