Double-edged sword: Gratitude and Joy

Morning!

 It’s a cold day in the Mother city today, so I hope your dressed accordingly to the weather in your corner of the world.

Today I want to share with you an ‘aha’ moment I had on gratitude during the weekend. What I never realised was how Gratitude is not just an attitude, but a practice. People just don’t have ‘an attitude of gratitude’, they work on it. They actively practice gratitude (sooo obvious now why it’s so hard to stay grateful).

Well my main point is that in order to experience Joy and lean into those moments, one needs to have gratitude. When things are going great, don’t be afraid to immerse yourself in joyful moments by being grateful (joy can be so difficult at times *whew!*). So don’t ‘dress rehearse tragedy in order to beat vulnerability to the punch’ (says Brene), for when the things that bring us joy are gone, it won’t hurt any less. 

Go on, show gratitude and just give yourself to joy this week.

 Joy and gratitude go hand in hand. We are not grateful because we’re happy, rather we’re happy because we’re grateful.

-Betty Mahalik

 “We become what we repeatedly do.”
―Sean Covey    

 

 “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”
― Samuel Johnson

 

Regards,

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