The Power Of Gratitude
This simple practice will change your life
On a sunny September afternoon, I found myself bathing in bliss. My heart was like the Grinch on Christmas morning, expanded beyond all prior boundaries. The intense stress I normally felt had drained away. For the first time in my life, I felt completely free.
When Life Gives You Lemons Make Some Gratitude-Aide
I had just been fired from my job two hours prior to my newfound bliss. Kicked to the curb in the middle of a pandemic and unable to qualify for unemployment, I had no reason to celebrate. Yet there I was, bursting with joy. Liberated. Emancipated. Cut loose from the chains of a toxic job.
At the moment when I heard the words “today is your last day…” I was in shock. The predictable fearful thoughts raced through my head. “How will I pay my bills? How will I care for my kids? I have no insurance now. What if one of us gets sick with COVID?”
But I have trained for this. I have practiced every day to control my responses and to measure my actions against my virtues. And I have my superpower; my gratitude practice. I slammed the company laptop shut, stood up from my home office desk, and walked to the front door. It was time to take a walk.
