Has this ever happened to you? Your life seems stressful,your task list is growing,work is dreadful,your relationships are a challenge and you are angry and dissatisfied.Then you get a wicked cold.As it hits you with its full force,you look back to those terrible times you were experiencing just days earlier and they don’t seem so bad.All you want now is for the cold to go away.Just feeling”normal”would be a blessing even with all of the frustrations that seemed to overwhelm you.
We take blessings for granted,as if they were our birth right and we fixate on things that aggravate us.We miss out on much of the joy of daily life,unaware that our aggravation is a choice and that it arises from illusion.
The world is never what our ego and self-centered demands that it be.Not everyone will see the greatness we see in ourselves or constantly seek to affirm us.
You might be able to review your life and see ways which your choice of reactions to life has only increased your pain.You might also notice that much of the negative self-talk in our busy minds is based upon reactions to a reality that does not confirm to your illusory expectations.It’s even likely that we are not seeing the full reality,but instead viewing it through the constricted prism of our smaller self or ego.
Make a list of your blessings right now.Friends,freedom,material abundance,mobility,yoga classes,recreational activity,books,spiritual pursuits and more.Everything is a blessing because it is the most profound of blessings just to be here.Just to experience the miracle of being.
With a constant sense of gratitude come peace,contentment and the unfolding of a whole new world before your eyes.A world in which we live in awe of life.To cultivate gratitude,I invite you to say”thank you” to everyone and everything.For, all too soon,our time shall pass.
