Friday, March 14, 2014
Hayley Hynd: Gratitude
Hayley Hynd: Gratitude: This week I was in Port Elizabeth, our beautiful friendly city. Some of my very favourite clients are based in this city and so it is always...
Gratitude
This week I was in Port Elizabeth, our beautiful friendly city. Some of my very favourite clients are based in this city and so it is always food for my soul to visit them.
The work I was assisting with was for the most part transformational, and this in itself makes my heart smile.
However, I have become more and more aware of the fact that most people are not grateful. Or thankful, and nothing much makes their hearts sing anymore.
I am not for one minute insinuating that I am a master of this. However I can firmly state that I write in my Gratitude Journal every day. I can uncategorically confirm that I read and read and read - motivational books, inspirational works, and food for the mushy part inside. I can also state that I help others. Whether its with a smile, a hand, a shoulder, or a hug, I help others each and every day. This for me has become a habit.
I still wonder though at our unwillingness and inability to wonder. When did we lose this? How did we become so cynical and so pessimistic? I understand that life is hard. People battle. We all fight demons every day.
But imagine the impact if each one of us did just one thing today to make somebody else smile from the inside. When nobody else was looking. Imagine the impact if we all started practicing gratitude. Gratitude for our jobs, gratitude for our homes, gratitude for the meals we enjoy, gratitude for our health and the health of our families. The impact, in my humble opinion, would be vast.
I have heard it quoted 'Imagine we woke up tomorrow with only what we had said thank you for today'. A sobering thought.
So let us all try. To be grateful for just one thing a day. Lets start there. And to do just one selfless thing for another person a day. Imagine the huge difference we could make!
Be kind to one another.
The work I was assisting with was for the most part transformational, and this in itself makes my heart smile.
However, I have become more and more aware of the fact that most people are not grateful. Or thankful, and nothing much makes their hearts sing anymore.
I am not for one minute insinuating that I am a master of this. However I can firmly state that I write in my Gratitude Journal every day. I can uncategorically confirm that I read and read and read - motivational books, inspirational works, and food for the mushy part inside. I can also state that I help others. Whether its with a smile, a hand, a shoulder, or a hug, I help others each and every day. This for me has become a habit.
I still wonder though at our unwillingness and inability to wonder. When did we lose this? How did we become so cynical and so pessimistic? I understand that life is hard. People battle. We all fight demons every day.
But imagine the impact if each one of us did just one thing today to make somebody else smile from the inside. When nobody else was looking. Imagine the impact if we all started practicing gratitude. Gratitude for our jobs, gratitude for our homes, gratitude for the meals we enjoy, gratitude for our health and the health of our families. The impact, in my humble opinion, would be vast.
I have heard it quoted 'Imagine we woke up tomorrow with only what we had said thank you for today'. A sobering thought.
So let us all try. To be grateful for just one thing a day. Lets start there. And to do just one selfless thing for another person a day. Imagine the huge difference we could make!
Be kind to one another.
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