I started a gratitude journal today. The idea is this: everyday I have to write down 5 things for which I'm grateful. Having only begun this project today, I don't have a lot of experience to report; although, I do have some predictions. I predict that this undertaking will make me change the way I think. By this I mean that I can foresee my thinking changing. I predict that I won't be able to focus and dwell on the negative on a daily basis when I'm writing down the things in my life for which I'm thankful; those things in my life that I wouldn't want to be without, that I couldn't be without.
So, in the midst of the craziness that is our life right now (and it is crazy with a capital CRAZY), I will stop at some point in the middle of it, slow down my ever running mind and think about the people, things, feelings, that I love. I predict that the more days that I do this, the more often per day I will automatically focus on the positives and let the negatives sit on the back burner of my consciousness and eventually slide away completely. Now, I'm not naive enough to think that there will never be any negative things that I will have to deal with; I just refuse to dwell on them or allow them to control me or my decisions.
So with this, I'm off to read my new current read: Mindfulness in Plain English. It's a great book, full of insight and knowledge-both practical and otherwise.
