A wise friend once recommended finishing each day by thinking of 3 things for which I'm grateful. It really was a fabulous suggestion and one I'd encourage you to consider. Given my location at the day's end, mine invariably include a warm bed and soft dog. This latter choice is often cunningly used by my offspring to further their case for whatever they are trying to shift my reluctance from. Today it was a couple of guinea pigs to keep the recently bereaved one company. As I expressed my doubts about my willingness to continue to care for them long after my daughter will have fled the nest, I was reminded how I wasn't keen on getting a dog but look how much I love him now. Hmmm.
Since each night I tend to choose the same 2 of 3, I am going to challenge myself to find other moments in the day to pause and notice 3 things I'm grateful for. I know it will improve my existence in the process. Already I try and use it as an instant head shift when I feel inadequate, or under the weather, or got at. Lots of us privileged folk carry such a sense of entitlement it's easy to automatically feel aggrieved instead of immense gratitude, when actually there is so much to appreciate.
(My third tonight was the honeyed cashew nuts in the amazing Chinese dish for tea. I have 40 years of catching up to do, having only recently discovered the delights of Chinese food following a dodgy couple of experiences as a youngster leading me to believe I didn't like Chinese food).
What, right now, are your 3?
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