GLASSES AND MUGS

"If you look to others for fulfillment,

you will never be truly fulfilled.

If your happiness depends on money,

you will never be happy with yourself.

Be content with what you have;

rejoice in the way things are.

When you realize there is nothing lacking,

the whole world belongs to you.

-Lao Tzu

I am blah. I started a new job today and I am over-whelmed. After this I am going to send my inner child upstairs to take a bath and sip some tea. Water heals. It soothes me. But, before I do that, I am going write about gratitude. It is proving to be a powerful vehicle of change in my life. Holy smokes I tell you. 

I facilitated a group on gratitude yesterday. One gentleman shared a story. He was instructed to write down 30 things he was grateful for. He thought that was insane. "There is no way." he replied "Well", said his friend, "You can see can't you?" "Yes" said the man. "Can you dance, can you sing, can you smile at a stranger?"  "Yes." "Well, how about that list?" Then he was off to the races. He shared a sweet and simple story about glasses and mugs. He had gone to the second hand store the day before to get...well, glasses and mugs. He brought them home, set them on the window sill and admired them in the sunshine....and he felt grateful.  I could feel the warmth of the sun and the rays going through the glasses. As silly as this sounds, the thought of that made me happy. So many moments can pass us by that could bring us great joy. (The mugs were obviously upstaged by the glasses.)

My post today feels soft and warm....like my soon to be bath. Look around and see if something can help you melt into gratitude.