YOU
PRACTICE: What happened in the last year that you are most grateful for?
It came to me in the wee hours of a sleepless morning, I may be one of my own best resources because I remembered that sleep seldom evades me and never two nights in a row. A few hours later, I had the thought again as I jokingly said to the only person I speak to daily face to face, “We need to buy paper towels. We have only ___ left.” His reaction was priceless. We had more than enough paper towels. Later as I thought about the frolic and freedom of the first 2 months of 2020, I remembered the first time my friend/ coworker told me to increase my inventory of toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. I smiled and continued on my merry way, taking no heed to the “frivolous” suggestion. And then I happened to walk down that empty aisle in the grocery store…Wakeup call!
Here we are a year later. I am pleased to announce that I haven’t been without any of that stuff one single day. My needs have been more than met.
I would do myself a tremendous favor to remember regularly what I have lived through, what I saw and what I felt in 2020. The memories provide a historical bases to inform my living in and beyond 2021. I need to do the same for 2019. One thing is certain, I liked 2019 a lot better.
These two years together, have given me real perspective on how I tend to respond to the ups and downs of life. The data was always present, the pace of life has slowed enough for the time to remember, review and reflect. Did I remember to be jubilant with praise and thanksgiving in 2020 as I tried to find a rhythm to life and work from home while making mask and hand sanitizer as I did in 2019 when I traveled the world freely? Or did I turn from gratitude to griping?
If I allow them, my prior experiences, remembered and dissected, will teach me how to approach life… highlighting my strengths and weaknesses, helping me to avoid some pitfalls.
Dr. Phil’s quote, “The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior,” has validity. One gets maximum benefit from past behavior when that behavior is thoroughly examined, viewed down to the cellular level and the findings published for personal use. Of course, there are many other resources but who knows me better than me – use the resource. Could this be another recipe for life?
Psalm 34:1
PONDER THIS THOUGHT---Experience is a wise teacher putting one in touch with one’s own wisdom.
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