Today I have a renewed awareness of the delicate balance I maintain between acknowledging and accepting the negative aspects of my life versus being grateful for the positive things. This balance is something I have been aware of many times in the past. It is easy for me to fall into feeling negative about the events in my life. The fact is, feeling negative is neither pleasant nor particularly realistic. Gratitude feels much better and there are always numerous things to be grateful for. For example, I have had several people ask today about my shoulder pain, which is fairly minor at this point but still present. They asked me to explain it, which I did in fair detail. As a result, I ended up being more aware of the pain than I usually am and I began feeling negative. The fact is my pain or discomfort now can be largely taken care of with ibuprofen and was quite a bit worse even a few short weeks ago. Additionally, there are other aspects of my life that are just wonderful and some are very unusual within the human experience. Like I said, it feels better to be grateful!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Gratitude
Today I have a renewed awareness of the delicate balance I maintain between acknowledging and accepting the negative aspects of my life versus being grateful for the positive things. This balance is something I have been aware of many times in the past. It is easy for me to fall into feeling negative about the events in my life. The fact is, feeling negative is neither pleasant nor particularly realistic. Gratitude feels much better and there are always numerous things to be grateful for. For example, I have had several people ask today about my shoulder pain, which is fairly minor at this point but still present. They asked me to explain it, which I did in fair detail. As a result, I ended up being more aware of the pain than I usually am and I began feeling negative. The fact is my pain or discomfort now can be largely taken care of with ibuprofen and was quite a bit worse even a few short weeks ago. Additionally, there are other aspects of my life that are just wonderful and some are very unusual within the human experience. Like I said, it feels better to be grateful!
