GRATITUDE - AIN'T IT GREAT!

From my journal, part of the daily gratitude practice:

"We, as humans, focus so intensely on obstacles or small things that mean little for life. Yes, we need to see what is "wrong" so that we can act if it needs correction, but beyond that it is no big deal. Life is a package deal, with so much good stuff that is so incredibly greater than the imperfections, shortcomings, or whatever we want to call it. I want to write more about this, and I want more people to "get it" and to be happier. That is my mission and my "game" that I choose to create in this life.

[The following phrase is my "mantra", in a sense, though it is also an affirmation of what is true.]

I appreciate and am so grateful for the incredible number of great things about life and the world.

Last night's incredible light show in the sky - Went outside to see it better, loved the "night sounds", marveled at how the mechanics of the world work so well, it went on forever, like an invasion from outer space, different parts of the sky lighting up, almost simultaneously, differently, some flashes lit up the whole sky as if it were day, some great formation of spidery lightning, from cloud to cloud, more than 1500 flashes in one hour (per the news), so something was going on all the time.

Windows - I marvel at how I can do almost anything with a click of the mouse, things that used to take hours and hours in the old days, all instantly available. Amazing!

Chilean grapes - so good, I get to enjoy them so much right now, a miracle that mankind figured out how to get them here and so cheaply. Amazing how great we are as humans!"

Gratitude and perspective add so much to life! (Click on title to go to that section of the site.)

The Buddhakahuna
http://www.thelifemanagementalliance.com/