Gratitude

Today an amazing thought came to me. As I was driving a great song came on. I found myself singing loudly and feeling happy. The sky suddenly appeared unusually bright and blue, the mountains so majestic and clear. Within moments a feeling came over me and I realized I was feeling carefree and happy. It was GREAT! I said out loud to myself “I want to feel this way more often!” and then started brainstorming how that could happen. The rest of the day I practiced being grateful for everything in each moment and it felt nice. I was smiling and felt kindness and a connection with people passing by. It was weird. Weird to be happy and friendly? Yep. That’s when I realized I want to keep feeling this way! So I experimented and was truly grateful for everything I could name the rest of the day. Happy for my beautiful truck that safely transports me and how much fun it is to drive. Fun! Yes, fun! Then I thought about The Millers whoever they may be who “like” my blog and  who are sharing their pictures of having fun, smiling & looking happy. Looking at their pictures this morning gave me a little nudge, that there is lots of happiness all around and I too can be having fun and being happy. My gratitude list continued throughout the day and so did my happiness. It worked. I was grateful for my excellent health, for my loyal & beautiful dog greeting me – so happy to see me when I arrived back home. I CHOSE to stay happy that my presence caused that reaction from her of pure love, instead of feeling sad and lonely because I only have a dog when many other people have grandkids. Poor me. CHANGE THAT THOUGHT. She is such a blessing in my life and she brings so much joy to me and many others whenever I take her out. Guess who her very favorite people are? CHILDREN! It’s so interesting. Suddenly I felt happiness in my entire being and also felt a little charge of energy – wow. I decided to take her with me to go buy dog food. We met super nice people in the store (that welcomes pets) and the guy helping me put 90# of dog food in my truck said, “Thank you so much for bringing Sugar to us tonight. She made my day and you are welcome here anytime. I hope you come back”. I almost had tears in my eyes, he was so kind and there was that “happy” feeling again! STAY THERE. So much to be grateful for. So, that was my lesson for today. Now tonight before I go to sleep I am already looking forward to tomorrow and seeing if I can keep this going into another new day. Gratitude and happiness… I want to feel that more often. Good nite.