I just love this story. A lady named Hailey Bartholomew was having a rough time. She kept on telling herself that later on, after this or after that, her life would get better.
She was always looking to some random point in the future and expecting her life to change at that point. I am sure we have all thought like that once in a while. eg - after the holidays, or next year, or when the bills are all paid, or when I get that payrise, or that new job or after the wedding or when we get a new car etc. I have heard many people testify that their life will get better after some random event, that will probably not really be life changing anyway. This was the case for Hailey who never felt gratified after events that she thought were to be life changing.
With this in mind Hailey went to speak to a Nun about her life. The Nun suggested that gratitude and reflection were the secret to happieness. Hailey then started to take one photo every day of something that she was grateful for. She made a blog called 365 Grateful. She learned that her life was full of goodness as it was and that she was truly grateful for the things that were in her life every day. Her project was such a success and changed her life so much that her story is being made into a documentary..
So the point of this post is to challenge you be grateful for what you have every day, don't think that some gain of a new possession or that a single event will change your life.
Be grateful for what you have and reflect on how lucky you are daily and you will be happy.
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