I was thinking about all of the bad (but not life threatening) things that happened to us last week and feeling awful when I suddenly heard (with my psychic ears) this: “100 Gratitudes”. (I literally got a tingly feeling in my legs when I wrote that just now). Was this my intuition talking? After hearing it several times, I decided that it was. I stopped my pity party and got out my journal* and wrote a list of “100 Gratitudes” (in no particular order).
The process was completely stream of consciousness. One thing led to the next and to the next. It took all of about 10 minutes. In the space of that time, I shifted my energy from negativity-dominant to positivity-dominant, and then I did not allow myself to backslide. This is probably the most important part of this activity. When I noticed one of those thoughts trying to creep back in (Oh no! I can’t believe that bad thing happened!), I looked at The Gratitudes and was able to focus on one of those instead. (Take that, bad thing!).
So, if you are wallowing in the quagmire, let me throw you this lifeline. Maybe it will help you, too.
*Regarding my journal:
I like to use composition books. I find them at Walmart, The Dollar Store, Reny’s … usually for just a buck or two. I tend to avoid actually writing in pricey journals, probably for the same reason I don’t write on pages or highlight sentences in my books. It feels like it’s defiling them! So, l get around this obstacle by having a stack of these inexpensive composition books on hand for daily journaling.
Try it!
Karen Creamer
