Sometimes life gets us down. The family is driving you crazy. Your job is stressful. Your bills are late and you know that more are on their way. Times like this, you may feel low, powerless and on the brink of a nervous break down. Negativity lands on the best of us like an avalanche; huge, painful, leaving us buried alive. When you feel completely hopeless, remember something; Positivity and good fortune also arrives in our lives in the same way as Negativity as long as we let it and acknowledge it.
When our minds our focused on the things, the people, the events that piss us off, it leaves us no room for all the things, people and events that we love and that invigorate our souls. The next time that you feel the negative overwhelming you try this: Say thanks. You don't have to say thanks to the person that had an accident on the road and caused a traffic accident and made you late, but why not? Doesn't that person's accident make you more thankful for your own health. You don't have to say thanks to your son whose stubbornness and "ass"itude are making you crazy, but why not? Isn't his behavior testing your patience and showing you just what a good parent you could be?
If you have a quiet moment, close your eyes and slowly bring into your mind's eye all the people, things and events that have made you the person you are today. Picture them in vivid detail. When you have each picture clear in your mind say "Thank you". Then move on to the next person, thing or event and do the same. When you are counting your blessings, you begin to realize just how lucky you really are and just how thankful you should really be.
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