GRATITUDE

Gratitude in Hard Times: Staying Grounded When Life Throws You Off Balance

Discovering ways to stay grateful and focused, no matter the situation

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When there are hard times, gratitude isn’t often the top thing on your list, but if it were, and I completely understand the challenge, it can help you as life is tossing you off balance.

My dear friend,

Vidya Sury,

reached out pre-election in the US and asked if I would do a collaborative daily gratitude for 15 days. I said yes! She encouraged me to make it quirky so that it would be fun. I’m all in for that, but then the election results rolled in, and my gratitude left the building like Forrest Gump running down the street.

When she checked in yesterday morning to see how I was doing with my gratitude list, I told her it was not great. And yes, she calls me darling, Mom, Mama, and other nicknames. In general Vidya fashion, she sent me the hug emoji with an “I understand.”

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The thing is, I don’t want anyone to have to understand the emotions people are going through as we walk into uncertain times. Ok, that’s me…