Most of us go from day to day in good health, having food, shelter, accessible water, cars, phones, electricity, and get bothered when not every thing goes our way instantly.
Start each morning with your first thoughts of the day being mindful of all the things you are grateful for. The first waking moments of your day, before you get out of your bed. This is a practice and designed to be a habit.
Getting your mind in a state of graditude will allow you to start your day with out stress, anxiety, worries, anger, or the other obstacles we add by practice as well. Through out the day when you notice yourself getting impatient, resort back to this. When you find your thoughts leading to anxiety, use this practice. Notice anger, use this tool. It is impossible to be grateful and stressed at the same time.
Practice of this on a regular basis will eventually lead to habit. We often believe it is our nature to be a worrier, have a short temper, respond with emotions and not think about consequences, defending our ego at all cost. We have practiced all of those things so long, it becomes our first response. It is not who we are, it is what we have practiced. We attach our identity to these practices in many cases, and often with sadness or regret for the negative effects this has in our life. By practicing being grateful for things we will eventually create new nuero pathways, that result in this being our initial response.
Mantra of the week, It makes no sense to be anything but happy.
What you practice you will master, whether good or bad. Spend time implementing this practice on a daily basis.
Mantra of the week, It makes no sense to be anything but happy.
What you practice you will master, whether good or bad. Spend time implementing this practice on a daily basis.
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