I Have So Much To Be Grateful For
Posted on | February 15, 2010 | No Comments
I have so much to be grateful for, a wonderful wife, two great kids, excellent health and a rewarding career. As a matter of fact, probably 97% of my life is absolutely perfect. In my better moments I know this. The challenge is…I’m not always in one of my better moments. When I’m not, I find myself focused on the 3% that’s not right yet. Sometimes, I can let a trivial thing get in the way of a great day. For example, one morning a while back, I jumped in the shower only to find out we had no hot water. It was late November and I was cold even before those little icy droplets took the breath out of me… but after…lets just say it took a blow dryer, a wool blanket and a whole lot of hot tea before I could get my lips back to their normal color. I whined about it all morning. It took a couple of days before we could coordinate the repair work on our water heater and boy did I miss my hot shower. The good news was that for several mornings after it was repaired, I found myself extremely appreciative of this little modern miracle we call “Hot Running Water.” By the end of the first week though, I had slipped back to taking it for granted again.
Every now and then I try to take a moment to reflect on how cool it is to just twist a knob and have clean, hot water stream down my back. Then that gets me thinking about what else I have in my life… right now….that I might be taking for granted. I probably couldn’t tell you everything that is on my list, but I can tell you that it is extremely long and chances are, your list probably just as long as mine.
I challenge you, as I’m challenging myself, to take some time everyday to think about all the things in your life that you have to be grateful for. There is a lot for sure, you just have to be mindful enough to notice. Well, I’m off to breakfast. Can you believe I have a device in my kitchen that keeps all my food cold until I’m ready to use it? Pretty cool, Huh? Well what do you know; that’s something else to put on my list.
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Mr. Kovar has been teaching Martial Arts professionally since 1978. Dave is a multi-style Black Belt who has been committed to ever-improving his Martial Arts skills. He updates this blog to provide tips and insights to martial arts instructors around the country. To learn more, click here.
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