By Christi Nation
“Whatever we focus on determines what we become.”
– E. Stanley Jones
Many of us adopt an “All or Nothing” approach to happiness. We could have 1,000 things going right in our lives and yet focus on that one thing going wrong. Some choose to make the bad things going on the center of their attention.
What if we lost the 1,000 things going right due to ingratitude for them? Think for a moment about the things you take for granted. Your ability to drive? Your ability to speak? Your ability to think?
It doesn’t have to be an “All or Nothing” world. We can focus on the good things going on. The truth is that our lives are never going to be perfect. There is always going to be something that’s not going quite right. Let’s learn to adjust our perceptions choosing to concentrate on the things that ARE going right.
Until next time, here are your Happiness Actions:
- Each morning text to yourself one thing for which you are grateful.
- Keep that thought in your mind as much as you can during the day, especially if something goes wrong.
- Each evening meditate for one minute on that one thing you texted yourself that morning.
- Know that even when ten things are going wrong in your life, there are at least 1,000 other things that are going right. That’s quite a percentage in your favor.
Christi Nation serves as Lead Career Coach for National Park College and is stationed at Cutter Morning Star High School. She is a trainer, coach, and conference speaker through her company Nation Training & Development. She is a breast cancer survivor and won her battle with Stage III thyroid cancer. If you would like inspiration and more happiness actions in your inbox, send a message to Christi.Nation@NationTD.com.
