Gratitude

I get so caught up in all the stuff of my life that I allow (and, yes, I will admit, I willingly allow it) to keep me down, that I forget to notice all the things I can be grateful for. Yesterday I gave a presentation, and, afterwards, obsessed about the negativity of a few people, that I almost missed all I could be grateful for.

For example, I got my car - it's all set and I own it! I can now drive to work, the store, anywhere. I don't need to scramble for a ride - I got it!

I got the car registered in under an hour, with DMV clerks who were actually pleasant, and got to enjoy the company of the former car owner who graciously drove me to the DMV to help me out.

And, at the end of the day, I had gratitude expressed to me by one of my students who not only enjoyed my class, but was most appreciative of his grade (one that he very much deserved!)

I think that's a sign to me that its about time I start spreading my own gratitude out to people in my life. Who knows - it might spread out so far, that it could catch up with those negative Nellies who set me off in the first place!