Sep 22, 2011
Journal and gratitude
We take for granted the new success. With time the prestigious exam, the doubled income, loving partner all becomes the standard, the floor. Then fret over again about what we don't have.
We also know that gratitude helps shake our memory and sorting, and each time we remember with thanks, we remember that what we take for granted was once not there and again a feeling of 'good and enough' is kept in place.
Looking back at journal entries, one remembers that many things taken for granted now, that have changed now for the better, where not so once. That in between looking for more, one can also relax and remember that things have changed for the better over time.
We forget how it was once. We even can't really remember how fast some things changed for the better. That it does not really take ages or never, as we usually think when thinking of making an emotional change, a habit or benefiting skill.
What is now good was not so before, one allowed it to change for the better. Pat oneself on the back before going on worrying for what is to change next or how it will take long or never. Somehow our memories are not very intact in that department. Noting down the milestones can be useful for this releaving mental shake down and resorting.
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