Day 25

My quietness of late has been down to being almost wholly involved with past, future and the troubles and woes of life. This is not the way to live if one hopes to have a happy and peaceful life; it is away from the present moment and seemingly also away from true being and god. This inevitably makes one miserable. That one, in this case, being me...

Although meditating each day, and that time of connection being very pleasant. It  was not enough to turn my mind away from the woes and difficulties in my life.

Fortunately, I sat with a good friend yesterday for 45 minutes in silence and afterwards explained to him, in part, some of the problems I faced. My friend suggested that I maybe try to think of the things in my life that I am grateful for and then write them down; then say the things that I am grateful for each morning to myself a few times when I wake, and hopefully my day may then seem brighter. 

Indeed, today this very simple technique has worked and really helped I feel. So here are the things I am grateful for, in no particular order:

• Good friends, like the one mentioned above;
• My good health
• My children's good health
• That I don't drink alcohol any-more
• My beautiful caring girlfriend
• My parents
• My sister
• Morning Spirit and the folk who attend.
• My skills, of which there are a few, but I won't egoistically blab on about them !!

After that the list gets more difficult to extend but hopefully you get the idea.

BE WELL :-)