{"id":1524,"date":"2019-10-05T13:04:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onedayonelife.com.au\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2019-10-05T13:04:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T03:04:25","slug":"the-daily-discipline-of-a-gratitude-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneconsultancy.au\/the-daily-discipline-of-a-gratitude-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The daily discipline of a gratitude list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\nGratitude is a discipline<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\nIt is recommended that we all maintain the daily discipline of a gratitude list.<\/p>\n<p>And reading the words discipline and gratitude in the same sentence can be a shock, yet my experience has shown me that happiness and gratitude takes training and work.<\/p>\n<p>To wear life like a loose veil is a skill.<\/p>\n<p>It does not come naturally.<\/p>\n<p>For me anyway because I wake up each morning in anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>I feel the knot of worry tightening in my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety twists my innards into a ball.<\/p>\n<p>After years of becoming sick and tired of being led around by people, places and things I decided to draw a line in the sand and get well.<\/p>\n<p>Very challenging when your natural state is discontent.<\/p>\n<p>So, how did I make the change when each morning I wake up in a knot of worry?<\/p>\n<p>Drum roll please maestro!<\/p>\n<p>Before I get out of bed and into the day I do three things;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>meditate<\/li>\n<li>pray<\/li>\n<li>make a gratitude list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And some days are more successful than others.<\/p>\n<p>Meditation slows me down and takes me out of my emotional mind and puts me into my reasonable mind.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer keeps my ego in check. I am one man among 7.7 billion human beings. I am born to die and there are bigger forces at play. I am not an expert and I am not that important.<\/p>\n<p>A gratitude list snaps my negativity in half and flips me into a positive state. Immediately, my focus is tuned into the well-being of others.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s put this all into a perspective with a story.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I was driving up the hill from Bondi Beach along Ocean Road. It is a local&#8217;s back way that avoids the madness and traffic of Bondi Road.<\/p>\n<p>Leaning on a walking stick, in the middle of Ocean Road was an ancient, tiny, old man.<\/p>\n<p>He was holding up his hand asking me to stop my car.<\/p>\n<p>I drove up to him, wound down the window and said;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;How can I help?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In an Eastern European accent he replied;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can I get a lift up to the corner of Bondi Road?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course you can.&#8217; I said.<\/p>\n<p>So I opened the passenger door and let him into the car.<\/p>\n<p>He could hardly walk and bending into the car was difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Once he got in, he turned to me and his face lit up my day.<\/p>\n<p>He had a huge smile.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes were a piercing light blue.<\/p>\n<p>The cracks and crevasses in his cheeks and forehead told me of a life well led.<\/p>\n<p>An old, old man but full of life.<\/p>\n<p>This old chap had a tale to tell.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Where are you off to?&#8217; I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maccas for a feed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bondi Junction?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No back down to the beach on a bus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was blown away by his positive mind set.<\/p>\n<p>The one minute he spent in my car was a lifetime of joy.<\/p>\n<p>We laughed and chatted like old friends.<\/p>\n<p>This old fella could hardly walk, lived on his own and was off to Maccas for a hot breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>His age and physical ailments did not allow him the simple pleasure of cooking his own breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, here he was smiling and laughing, grateful for the opportunity to catch a bus to McDonalds for a sausage and egg muffin or some hot cakes.<\/p>\n<p>He was grateful to be alive and grateful to be part of the Bondi community.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to have access to public transport.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to have the small amount of money to visit a public restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>And I was grateful to be granted a few minutes to share his energy and wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>He passed on a huge life lesson.<\/p>\n<p>So here is my gratitude list for today:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A beautiful, intelligent, kind wife.<\/li>\n<li>Three amazing, courageous sons.<\/li>\n<li>My happy, loving dog.<\/li>\n<li>A fantastic job and team mates.<\/li>\n<li>Living near the ocean.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And the secrets to an effective gratitude list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>do it in the morning.<\/li>\n<li>write it down.<\/li>\n<li>for me, 5 points of gratitude is just right. Enough to stretch yourself and not too much so you forget the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know it sounds like common sense but it is a rare skill and it works.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, happiness is a choice but it takes discipline.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Need to read more?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Purchase One Day, One Life: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onedayonelife.com.au\/product\/one-day-one-life\/\">One Day One<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/onedayonelife.com.au\/product\/one-day-one-life\/\"> Life<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[av_one_full first min_height='' vertical_alignment='' space='' custom_margin='' margin='0px' padding='0px' border='' border_color='' radius='0px' background_color='' src='' background_position='top left' background_repeat='no-repeat' animation='' mobile_breaking='' mobile_display=''] [av_image src='https:\/\/onedayonelife.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Happiest-300x252.jpg' attachment='1525' attachment_size='medium' align='center' styling='' hover='' link='' target='' caption='yes' font_size=''...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,31,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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