Health & Wellness Magazine HealthQuest Spring 2018 | Page 23

“We get the opportunity
to pay for our health in
advance—or at least do all
we can to prevent illness—
so we can enjoy the spoils
of our hard work."
~ Dean
open, think of something you can be
grateful for. And here’s a little trick. Find
something you can be grateful for and
then lower the bar.
Be grateful that you got a night’s sleep. Be
grateful that the sheets feel nice against
your skin. Be grateful that it’s raining. Be
grateful that it’s not raining. Be grateful
that your family is home or your friends
are visiting or something small. Or if
you’re reading a book you love, go read
a couple of chapters or a couple of
sentences out of the book that stimulate
you to be inspired, to be motivated, to be
grateful in that moment.
We set the bar so high on gratitude
that we feel we need an outrageous,
outlandish thing to stimulate us when
the opposite is true. Think about this:
150,000 people die every day, and if your
eyes opened this morning, you’re not
one of them. Doing this sets your mind
straight, gets your head pointed in the
right direction. You’re looking through a
pair of glasses that says “Today’s going to
be a good day,” and not “Will today be
okay?” It sets your intention that today’s
going to be a great day.
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