I just realized that I really need some hard core hand moisturizer because I am getting granny hands lol. Oh the joys of growing older. To make things worse, I really do not like using lotion. Lol. And this is how I choose to start my blog about gratitude...
I have known the importance of gratitude for some time now. But since I have been so down and being so hard on myself this past week or so, I thought I would give gratitude another shot.
Today I watched another documentary about being happy, and there were so many amazing things I would love to share, but can't remember them all at this time because I am so tired....
One of the things it mentioned was how we store negative memories so easily. These negative memories drive all sorts of negative, fear based emotions. We can hold on to these negative emotions for years and years, never letting go. It is how our brains are hard wired. These fear based emotions originated to keep us safe, to help us survive, back in the privative ages. However, as we continue to evolve as humans, our need for these fear base emotions continue to lesson over time. We are now at this kind of pivotal point in our evolution where we have to retrain our brains to retain the positive emotions for survival and "happiness," and start to let go of the fear based emotions....and now gratitude comes into play.
To retrain our brains to recognize and remember the positive emotions with greater ease takes work. It has been proven in several studies that gratitude journaling can be extremely effective in helping people find the good around them, and in turn live a much more happy and satisfying life. Living a happy life is conducive to our survival, because the more happy we are, the better we take care of ourselves and others around us.
So tonight, I will start my gratitude journal and change my world--hopefully changing the world around me as well. I hope you will do the same.
Sending you all lots of love.
Go change the world. Do it for Elijah.
Thank you.
Elijah,
I am and always be so thankful to be your mom.
I love and miss you so much.
Always.
<3
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