Wisdom Wednesdays-#333 November 29th The Strong Within Daily Affirmation Podcast

I Live…In Appreciation

A mentor of mine, J Krsihnamurti talked about the things that we lust for: are really only these images in our minds that we’ve made so illustrious, that when we get the real thing we’re disappointed because the real thing could never compare to an imagination that has no flaws.

And so we set ourselves up for failure in working to be grateful because our mind’s focus on the fairy tale instead of being in the beauty of the moment. We set expectations of how things should be instead of how they are. But that doesn’t mean you can’t tell a better story. I had a conversation with some members at the gym about how their day was going and it went something like this.

I said: I hope you’re having a great day.
And the member replied: It’s better than the alternative.
I said: You mean the Bahamas?
He laughed…
And he said no, being on the couch and not at the gym.

And so we had a quick conversation about our places in life. And while it’s a cold day in Knoxville Tennessee, I said this is a beautiful place and there’s no other place I would rather be…because I’m here and there’s beauty here. We can look at the place we are and see all we don’t like, or we can see it as the place we’ve chosen to be. A place that we can participate in its beauty willingly…or we can grumble and see all the things wrong with it. Everything, and I mean everything will have a flaw. But we can choose to see only the flaws, or we can choose to see the beauty in it. We can choose to be in appreciation not as an act of reflection…but an act of living in the present moment and being beauty seekers towards everything we’re a part of.

And now that Thanksgiving is behind us, we can go back to being ungrateful for 364 days a year…or we can live our appreciation, we can be grateful in the moment, and we can choose to allow the wonder and excitement to become a bigger and better part of our lives. The choice is always yours…you can choose to miss the beauty…or you can choose to see it and create more of it by being the solution…not the person who’s grumbling, or the person who uses their sarcastic humor as a front to hide their displeasure with their life, or the person missing the beauty that’s always been in front of them.

Today’s Personal Commitment:
Do you ever stop and think about what makes you smile? I know I forget to do that a lot. One of the reasons I give so much advice, is it’s not just for other people it’s really for me. I need to be reminded of the simple things. I need to be reminded of the important things. And I need to be reminded about truly living in appreciation all the time. So today, think about what makes you smile and appreciate it. And be aware of what is making you smile when it happens…and truly be in the moment reveling in it.

Oh, and one last thing…see how you can make as many people smile today as you can. Now go forth and be mindful, memorable, and mesmerizing :-D

I Live…In Appreciation

 

 

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

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- I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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