I Was "Notting" Instead Of "Having"

2011-09-20T16:18:00.000-07:00

Afterbeing a huge advocate of appreciating what you have instead of seeing all thatyou don’t have or how far one falls below one’s ideal, I caught myself doingthe opposite…the opposite of gratitude, of “having”. I went into “not having”.

Iwas not having all the progress I wanted. I was not having great energy at night, but I was having overwatching oftv (political commentary programs) and idly eating. Iwas not getting as much writing done as I wanted to. I was not being super-strong,super-powerful…able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... I was not even being what I thought wasproductive enough. I was not..."notting" myself toward not feeling so happy.

Here I am trying to be an expert in this - and finding that even I am subject to the laws if I violate the process...

Butnow I see that I am just living my life as it is, with beautiful days to beappreciated, looking at great views, reading some wonderful books, discoveringsome wonderful things – and at the pace that is my pace for now. Yes, I’d prefer something magnificent and being a model of perfect living, but Isee that what I am doing and how I am living is a wonderful gift - and I need not compare it to fantasyland.

I'm glad I saw this and wasn't just stuck in it, in just being unaware...

Itneed not be more. It is more thanenough. I am grateful, deeplygrateful. Life is phenomenal.

Iam so grateful for the special chance to be alive.

I’mhappy.

Yesterday,I didn’t live a full 24 hours, though I did exist. I did live some hours though and was deeplytouched by a movie (The Help). So what,if I was human and lived only part of the potential... That is just what is so. But what is great is that I did live at leasta few of the hours, a few at a higher level and some not so high – but all agift – all something I might not have had if I hadn't been born.

And…I’mgrateful deep within my heart and soul...and life is good...

I Am So Grateful For This Privilege

2009-09-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

As I begin this blog, I begin a new part of my adventure.

I am so grateful for this opportunity to contribute what I can.

nd I am so grateful for this opportunity for myself to have something I do that helps me focus on what I am grateful for, as this will automatically do.

I hope that those who read this "get" the idea and the viewpoint of gratitude.

It's simple:

See what I have,
Appreciate what I have,
Don't be unhappy about what I don't have, for that means nothing, when I have so much.

I need to also remember what Buddha said: Unhappiness is created by wanting more, but failing to appreciate that we already have more than enough.

Indeed, I feel blessed, for I have so much more than I need.

In this moment, I sigh in great gratitude.

KahunaKeith

Links:

Some of my postings to my own journal:
http://www.thelifemanagementalliance.com/Psychological/Gratitude/GratitudePostingsJournalExamples.html
What to be grateful for
http://www.thelifemanagementalliance.com/Psychological/Gratitude/ExamplesWhatToBeGratefulFor.html
Gratitude section:
http://www.thelifemanagementalliance.com/SiteMapIBIIGratitude.html

My Gratitude Journal - KahunaKeith

I Was "Notting" Instead Of "Having"

I Am So Grateful For This Privilege