Monday, November 28, 2016

"In a Funk"

I'm pretty sure that the drugs they give you to improve your energy and your mood do the exact opposite for a while.  I'm also pretty damn sure it's not gonna last too long, one way or another.  It has already interfered with my runs, and that of course is totally counterproductive.  I'm gonna give it til Xmas and then reevaluate.

But...despite those negative thoughts,, I'm building on the other good stuff that's happening.  Only 3 weeks til the counselling starts, (just before Xmas), and I'm really looking forward to Xmas itself.  I have not been able to say that for many years now.

But my temporary funk leaves me with little to say today other then I love you all so much, and am indeed grateful....just not enough yet.

I am grateful for this gratitude book I am reading, so today I will share a bit of wisdom from it instead.  The author says that humility is  critical aspect of gratitude, and he offers a sort of checklist to use in your path to humility.  Here you go.  The author credits the list to one Paul Wong

"Acknowledging our wrongdoing

Receiving correction and feedback graciously

Refraining from criticizing others

Forgiving others who have wronged us

Apologizing to others we have wronged

Enduring unfair treatments with patience and a forgiving spirit

Thinking and speaking about the good things of other people

Rejoicing over other people’s success

Counting our blessings for everything, good and bad

Seeking opportunities to serve others

Being willing to remain anonymous in helping others

Showing gratitude for our successes

Giving due credit to others for our successes"

"Treating success as a responsibility to do more for others

Being willing to learn from our failures

Assuming responsibility for our failures

Accepting our limitations and circumstances

Accepting the social reality of discrimination and prejudice

Treating all people with respect regardless of their social status

Enjoying the lowly status of being an outsider and a nobody'

Hmmmm.....not a wonder there's not much gratitude in my life.  I'm afraid that a few of these I'm okay at, a bunch more I'm not very good at, but the biggest slice I really suck at....

Here's one just for my mirror!

"A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility."---Lawrence G Lovasik

Love
Peter

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