FRONT ROW?

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

                        Viktor Frankl

You can choose to live life with the joy of the front row or solemness of the third row!

TAKE A WALK

A ten minute walk can change your outlook, mood and increase your energy level. Cardiologists refer to our thigh muscles as our second heart. The contracting and relaxing of the thigh muscles helps to push the blood back up toward the major organs including the brain. This improved circulation improves oxygenation which improves overall health. I know from my own experience that a simple ten minute walk can change your mood and bring clarity to your thoughts. 

GRATITUDE IS GOOD THERAPY!

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

                    Willie Nelson

We've all heard people say we ought to count our blessings. When we think about the things for which we are grateful, that's what we're doing. Taking time to think about the things for which we are grateful, no matter how small they may be, causes those those things to increase and has a tendency to be life changing. 

Try an experiment. Start a Gratitude Journal. Every night for a week, take ten minutes and write down ten things for which you are grateful. The next morning, take five minutes and read your entry from the night before. It will surprise you the effect or impact this has on you. Most people continue to keep their Gratitude Journal from that point on. 

"Better to lose count while naming your blessings than lose your blessings to counting your trouble."

SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE

We do not live our lives according to reality. We live and experience life according to our perception of reality. We experience the world through our five senses. Information is drawn in through the senses and is represented inside us - we draw an internal MAP of what is going on outside. It is important to remember that this representation is only a MAP, not reality itself. This MAP is developed from our individual life's experiences. A MAP of a hill is not the hill. 

Three people can witness the same event and have three totally different experiences. To develop greater insight, balance and understanding in our life, we can relive interactions with others from different perspectives. If you've been in an argument, relive it in your mind, only this time step inside the other person so that you can see and hear YOU through their eyes and ears. Relive it one additional time from outside both you and the other person as if watching the interaction in a movie. This can be very helpful and revealing. This method can be applied to pleasant experiences as well. Shifting Perspective is a simple and effective way of enriching your life. Try it!

REVENGE OR SERVICE

Doing things for others without expectation of something in return is very liberating. It is also known that you can get anything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. It's the Powerful Principle of SERVICE!