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Be grateful
Oh, there is so much to be grateful for—the
air we breathe, the roof over our heads,
good food on the table, the opportunity to
live life and experience the world around
us, the gifts of love and joy that are ours for
the taking if we choose to see them.
When we practice gratitude, we find
things to appreciate about daily living; it
impacts our health, our minds, and life as a
whole. And the best part? We receive more
Seize the day abundance.
Every day is a gift to us. Wake up and
thank the sun for illuminating our earth Daily acts of kindness
and your mind. Smell the wet earth after A simple smile, a helping hand, a kind
the rain. Cuddle your cat or dog. Hug your word to a passerby on the street could
loved one. There are free gifts all around us significantly improve someone’s life; the
and opportunities just waiting to be taken truth is, we never know how a simple act of
advantage of. kindness is going to enrich and improve the
Don’t wait. Live in the present moment, lives of those around us.
and create a life of magical gifts that you The pandemic has given us a chance to
can use to benefit yourself and others. spread some good karma by spreading a
little kindness around daily, and see how
Focus on a single task your own life improves as a result of all that
Multitasking is not always effective; we goodness.
often rush through tasks and fail to give
our best efforts when completing several
things at one time. Slowing down, focusing
on a single task, and completing that
with excellence gives new perspective to
accomplishing things in life.
Have you noticed that you needlessly
answer every phone call even when it may
be interrupting something that you may be
happily engaged in?
Are you always on the phone whilst doing
a hundred things?
A slower-paced approach to life is needed
at this time, and it will allow you to actually
get more done to your satisfaction. Let go of
the obsessive need to complete a thousand Become an observer – of your thoughts
things in a day, and watch how your It is estimated that we have a staggering
productivity actually increases. 70,000 thoughts daily swimming around
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