Today’s lesson was a bit more involved than previous lessons. I was going to “cheat” on my usual blog post and just throw up my grateful list, but I decided I should post something a little more substantial. Although I will say that as I started my grateful list I had to really think of things to put down, but then once I got rolling, I kept on thinking of more and more things. By the end of the list, I was like, wow, I have a pretty awesome life and I’m a pretty awesome guy!
I am starting to struggle again with the checklist. It seems like I tend to focus more on some things and less on others. I have a tendency to focus on things I think need the most work and less on the things that I think require less work. I believe it’s a long-term commitment and this type of shift in focus is somewhat natural. I’m sure that after a while it will balance out. In the mean time I’ve got to keep on reading the checklist at least 3 times a day (4 or 5 would be even better). Lately, I’ve been forgetting to do so. This is something that I know must absolutely change right now. So, with that said; I will be conscientious of my checklist and commit myself to reading it a minimum of 3 times per day.
An interesting thought just occurred to me as I was about to post this. I'm willing to bet that more than a few people think "grateful" is spelled "greatful". You would think that if society truly tried to teach people to be happy and content in their lives, there would be more people that could spell grateful correctly. Not because we would feel the need to teach them the spelling, but rather, they would just see the word so often that they would just know how to spell it. I mean think about it, how many times a day do you see the word "grateful" as compared to "death", "die", "pain", "agony", etc... Maybe those aren't the best example, but just read the billboards on the way to work one day, I'm willing to bet that at least 75% of them convey a message of sadness, fear, anxiety, and so forth.
...wow, that was a bit of a rant
