The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?
In this day and age we are surrounded by messages that virtually scream, “Your life would be perfect if…” My life would be perfect if I had a different job, house, car, nose spouse, bank account, etc. Or my life would be perfect if I could be like a celebrity whose life appears so well-ordered and perfect. I encourage you to stop playing “my life would be perfect if” and start playing “my perfect life.” What is the difference? Three things: being in the present, an attitude of gratitude and taking action with what is available now. When we are caught up in the “my life would be perfect if” trap, we have lost touch with the present. And the moment we detach from the present, we can no longer practice gratitude. Think about this: it is difficult to be grateful for what we do not have and what you do not have is always somewhere out in future-ville. Look around you right now. Think of 10 objects you are grateful for. Do you have a roof over your head and food to eat? I am guessing the answer is yes. Do you have at least a few good friends or close relationships? Then appreciate them too, right now. Keep going, and practice being in the present and being grateful for what is here and now at least a couple of times a day. You are sitting and thinking “yes, but.” Yes, but I want more money, a better relationship, more time to travel, to be thinner or whatever. It is one of the great mysteries I will never figure out. The minute you focue on what you lack, start focusing on what you already have, and add the magic ingredient of action, you will begin to attract more of what you want. It is an amazing formula for living your perfect life! Let’s say you want to lose weight or get in better shape, but you do not have an hour a day to spend exercising at the gym. Therefore, you have resigned yourself to not losing weight or getting in shape. What if you had five minutes though? Everyone can find five minutes to exercise, stretch, walk around the block or walk the dog. Would you be willing to be grateful and make the best possible use of five minutes? Herein lies the beginning of your perfect life! Apply the same principle to anything in your life you want to improve. Maybe your finances are in a wreck and you think you need a financial makeover. Before you rush off to a financial planner, take a moment to practice being grateful for what you do have. Are you consistently “paying yourself first” as any good financial planner will advise? Even as little as $50 a month can quickly build a nest egg of thousands of dollars, through consistency and the magic of compound interest. It is not the amount that matters; it is the attitude and the action. Even something as small as cleaning out your wallet and practicing the attitude of gratitude when you sit down to pay the bills can signal a shift in your financial picture. The point is, you already have the life you have. The lessons you need to learn are right in front of you! The sooner you start accepting, rather than running from, the present, being grateful for what is right in front of you, taking positive action, the sooner you will radiate energy, optimism and the can-do spirit making you attractive to more and better opportunities. A simple formula may help you remember how to apply this principle: The Present + An Attitude of Gratitude + Positive Action = My Perfect Life Try this for a day. Each time you start dreaming about how perfect your life would be if… come back to this moment, give thanks for what is, and do one action to perfect what you have done and who you are right now. There is a saying, “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” If you are ready to start perfecting your life, your teachers are all around you. What are you waiting for?
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AuthorMusings from Gammon Irons. To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for us all; and surely a good haven to sail. Archives
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