There is one very, very simple activity to keep your mind and your attitude at it’s very best; yea I say nearly impenetrable. Actually it’s two activities.
These are not difficult to do at all. In fact that’s what makes them hard. Don’t allow life to rob you of these two activities. These actions are like a sea anchor to a ship on turbulent waters.
1) A daily list. This list is written every morning before you leave your home or begin any social interaction with the outside world. This is not your to do list, something like that could be counter productive as far as you attitude is concerned. No, instead it is a List of “10 Things that make you smile.”
There is no regulation or boundary however; you should find yourself smiling as you write them down. You may find this hard the first couple of times, but you have to at least write down 10 things or activities. The more precise you are the more effective they become. Once you start doing this you’ll find it hard to stop at ten; fifteen or twenty will seem easy.
2) Take time to open and close your day on your knees. Take time to express gratitude. Take time to consider someone else who is in need; whether it is physical, mental or spiritual. Take time for supplication to a higher being that needs nothing and offers everything to those who will receive. Then release it knowing that the powers that be will align things as they need to be.
Told you they aren’t hard. In fact they are so easy they seem of little importance. But never be fooled the simplicity of an action.
If you do these every day and I mean every day. People will be attracted to your countenance and will want to be around you. You don’t have to believe me, but just as soil is to a seed, so are these actions like fertilizer to the soil.
A very good friend of mine use to tell me, “this is worth as much as you’re willing to pay for it”. And price isn’t always measured by money.
