Sometimes life feels relentless. A short while ago, one of our cars was parked on the street, and a car hit it. Crashed it up pretty bad. It's been sitting in our garage waiting to go to the shop ever since. On the same day, we got a notice from the manufacturer of our other car that, get this, it should not be parked inside or near any structures, because it could catch on fire at any moment, and that there is no known remedy for the situation. So with two vehicles down, I decided to hop on my bike to go to the grocery store, and the chain fell off.
It's always something. Three letters: IAS. Those three words get me through a lot. There's always something to ruin our day if we let it. Instead I like think sometimes maybe we're being given the chance to practice something. Where's the test in all this inconvenience? How might we use these IAS moments as an opportunity to grow?
That's why the practice of gratitude is so important. When we practice gratitude, we can just smile and look at the trouble from a different angle: what does this problem give us the opportunity to be grateful for?
