My goodness, this was an eventful weekend. With two minor
injuries in the family, both requiring urgent medical attention, and car
damage, unrelated, it has been challenging to keep my sense of humour!
Today I
woke up like the weather; cloudy, heavy and grey. It took going out in the
late afternoon drizzle to ‘go pick tomatoes’...
...to gain some objectivity on
the matter. And I came to the conclusion that one area of my life is lacking
attention and that is dedicated intent-full me time!
I have found that one of the practices most effective in
times of trouble is the practice of gratitude. As a means of delving into one
another’s days, my family have cultivated the habit of performing a little
ritual in the evenings during dinner. It goes like this:
Everyone gets a turn to say: What they are grateful for today.
What they found challenging today.
What they are excited about
today.
That way it ends off on a high
note and I, as a parent have the added opportunity to hear about issues at school
that my children may not have thought to tell me about. The most important part is
to highlight the positive events in the day and to feel real gratitude for
them.
After my trip around the garden with my little basket of tomatoes
and herbs I have decided to crank the gratitude thing up a notch by getting
myself a lightweight little Gratitude Diary, it will live in my bag and as I see
things that reaffirm my faith in this magical life, I’ll whip out my diary and
commit them to paper. That way, my arsenal against down days can build. I recall
telling someone last week, ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’. Well here we go…..
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