Today I give thanks for feeling ungrateful. Couldn’t sleep last night, even after a cup of sleepytime tea! Finally got up at 4. My mind is not completely here yet. Over the past year, so many friends and relatives have died or are dying. No weddings or baptisms in sight quite yet. I’m anxious about our country’s future.
Finally, I decided to force myself to find just one thing to be thankful for: “I am so grateful that while setting up my laptop in the dark just now, I did NOT manage to tip over my hot tea!” Thank you! Because spilling hot tea all over oneself as well as a table full of notes, books, and magazines is never enjoyable.
And just like - that one little peek into my usually full metaphorical gratitude box made me dig a little deeper…
OK, my knees, for some reason, are not cranky today. Yay!
The bags under my eyes don’t look as bad as they should. Yay!
My warm tea is truly yummy. Yay!
I wrapped up a spreadsheet I had been laboring over. Yay! Yay!
I’m getting ready to pack for a vacation. Super Yay!
Who knew? Maybe taking advantage of being a bit cranky, out-of-sorts, and ungrateful is helping me find all these amazing little things that I am genuinely thankful for. And – surprise, surprise – I feel a tad better now, too.
I’m definitely going to test this out the next time I’m feeling so blue!
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