Stopping to smell the roses

Yesterday, I came across the following thought-provoking extract by Michael Neill (http://www.supercoach.com/) which I thought I would share with you:

"In any moment, we can decide that what we have is not enough and look around for something to fill in the gaps, or we can decide that what we have is exactly what we want.  We can turn our "bone of happiness" into a bone of contention and throw it off into some imaginary future, or we can enjoy gnawing on it right here, right now.

"This thought can be disturbing at first to people who feel like 'the next big thing' is continually just around the corner.  But just because there's nowhere to get to doesn't mean you'll no longer travel - just that you'll no longer travel in order to get somewhere better than right where youu are sitting now.  It doesn't mean that you can't upgrade your car, your job, your finances, or even your relationship.  It just means that if you do, it will be because you want to, not because you htink you have to or you should."

Sometimes it is important to pay attention to just how green the grass is already under your feet, before you consider the grass on the other side of the fence.  The grass under your feet will be greener if you water it.  Look around you and notice what you are grateful for now, in this moment; what is there in your world right now which makes you happy just to look at it, or think of it?

The Joy of Small Things

I posted a question on my Facebook Page yesterday asking what had happened to make the day special.  I was very sad that not one person appears to have considered Wednesday special in any way whatsoever! 

Let's consider this for a moment... the average adult has around 60,000 separate thoughts in a 24 hour period.  These thoughts might be about the past or the future, or maybe concerning what is going on in the present moment - but did you know that approximately 85% of those thoughts will be the same thoughts we had yesterday, and the same thoughts we will have tomorrow?  It seems that the human brain has an habitual pattern of endlessly repeating the same thoughts, over and over again, with very little original thought.  No wonder we don't think our days are special!

Now... consider that all-important 15%.  What happened yesterday that was different, that caused you to think differently... see something differently... feel something good?  Maybe it was a smile from a stranger; somebody who let you out of a side junction when you had been waiting for ages; a nice comment from a friend or colleague; a cuddle with your dog - or even just that somebody made you a cup of tea when you really needed one!  Special things don't have to be huge or momentous; sometimes it's just the little things that make a difference to the day.

So come on, folks - what really did happen to make your Wednesday special...?