Imagine a
man who has been sentenced to solitary confinement for many months or years.
Each day he
sits completely alone in a small, dark, concrete cell. His only company his
thoughts. His only food is stale bread and murky water.
Now imagine
a woman who lives alone with her two children. At her work they've moved her
from full-time to part-time. She can no longer afford her house payment, so
she's forced to move to an apartment. The woman is miserable about this change
her sadness is felt profoundly by her children, as well as her friends and
co-workers.
To the
prisoner, the thought of living outside the jail is an outrageous fantasy. He'd
quiver with joy just to be released from solitary! Imagine how joyful he'd be
if he was freed from prison all together, and have an apartment of his own --
on the "outside".
People
around you now live in life-situations that are much better, or much worse than
yours. Your life-situation can, at any time, change -- and get much better or
much worse than it currently is.
Your best
bet is to simply feel gratitude for what you have now.
GRATITUDE
for what you have is an important part of your happiness.
LEARNING
GRATITUDE
Think about
the incredible abundance you have right now. Think about all that you have,
that other people don't have.
Be thankful
for the abundance you have.
