BY EMMY B.
Inspirations
AT THE END OF THE DAY…
TAKE A MOMENT FOR YOURSELF AS YOU WRAP UP A BUSY DAY AND
ENJOY THESE POSITIVE THOUGHTS FROM AN HSHS SACRED HEART
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I RECENTLY READ a book on cultivating a grateful heart. The author suggested that gratitude is a matter of where you
choose to put your attention. To prove this point, she urged her readers to try the following experiment. For one morning, stop
every hour on the hour and notice what went wrong in that time period. So I did.
I started out the day with the Internet service being down, my coffee continuously getting cold because my phone kept
ringing, making a mad dash to a meeting only to find it had been canceled, and to top it off, the weather was gloomy and rather
depressing. As you can imagine, by noon my mood matched the weather.
Then the author suggested in the afternoon, stop every hour and notice what went right. I again followed along. The Internet
must have received CPR over lunch because it was back up when I returned, I received a nice compliment on an article I had
written, the sun broke out in full force by 3 p.m., and I sailed through green lights on my way home from work.
The author asked me to think about when I felt more alive: in the morning or in the afternoon? The answer was obvious, in
the afternoon. I realized that even when things went wrong in the afternoon, focusing my attention on the positive helped me
to have a grateful heart.
Note to self: In this season of thankfulness, always remember, "Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings."
(Marianne Williamson)
