Every once in awhile, we all need a boost to get ourselves back into the proper, peaceful place.

Today, my wife and I were having a conversation about how, well, "blah" we've been feeling lately. So she came up with the idea of each of us creating a Gratitude List. The basic premise is that you sit down and either write or type a list of things that you're grateful for, or happy about, in your life, your whole life.


The Secret

Actually, this isn't a new principle. I've had people do it for me as a part of coaching here and there, but I was introduced to the idea by Bob Proctor from the movie The Secret.

So, me being me, I decided to do it right. I went to Excel, put at the top Gratitude List, and created 100 lines that I was going to make myself complete. And I did it, sitting down and hammering that thing out. It took me about 35 minutes to do, which was illuminating for a couple of reasons.

One, I don't think most of us sit around thinking about what we're grateful for, so I had to dig deep, and even though I froze a couple of times, I was able to proceed fairly quickly.

And two, even though it seemed easier than I'd thought, it was actually fairly hard. I'm the type of guy who tries to do most things in some kind of order, so when I got stuck, I might have sat there for 4 or 5 minutes, but when I thought of one thing, I'd think of other things along the same vein.

No, I'm not going to share my gratitude list here, but I did share it with my wife, who seemed shocked that I could get to the full 100; she got to twenty. Sometimes the task of doing something like this is all you need to remind you of why life is a pretty good thing to have.

Oh yeah; that was on my list; it's the only one I'm giving you. 🙂 Now, do you need to create a gratitude list for yourself?