Is this statement true:
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
If it is, it doesn’t have to be. You can learn to consciously live with gratitude for what you have been blessed with. Starting right now.
Name three good things in your life:
• A prized possession
• Someone you love
• An aspect of your health
Close your eyes and imagine, one by one, those things disappearing from your life. Take thirty seconds to grieve the loss of each one. Now open your eyes and give thanks that all three of them are still yours. Do this exercise every so often, occasionally choosing different things to be thankful for, and you will be far less likely to ever take them for granted again.
When you learn to live in the present moment, the now, you will no longer need to practice gratitude, for it becomes your natural state of being.
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrevocable.
Lord Chesterfield
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ABOUT PHIL BOLSTA
Phil is the author of Sixty Seconds: One Moment Changes Everything, a collection of 45 inspiring, life-changing stories from prominent people he interviewed, including Joan Borysenko, Deepak Chopra, geneticist Dr. Francis Collins, acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford, Dr. Larry Dossey, Wayne Dyer, Dan Millman, Caroline Myss, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, Dr. Bernie Siegel, James Van Praagh, singer Billy Vera, Doreen Virtue, Neale Donald Walsch, and bassist Victor Wooten.
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Sixty Seconds was one of three finalists in the General Interest/How-To category at the 12th annual Visionary Awards presented by COVR (Coalition of Visionary Resources) in Denver on June 27, 2009.
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