One List We Respect - The Gratitude List

We're bombarded with lists.   Everyone has a list of things I should do to make my life better.   I must see 5 list of 5 or 10 lists a day on Facebook or LinkedIn, actions that will enhance my existence.  That's reasonably 25 things a day, every day, of random, mostly unsolicited suggestions that are intended to help me navigate this journey.

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But I don't listen.  I don't listen because it's become too much. It's simply more clutter.  And unless I'm intentional in my actions, no growth is going to take place anyway. 

It's the clutter that we are trying to rid from our lives.  And our attempt to make mindful, strategic and intentional changes have made the difference. 

That's why we focus on these three things.  And we don't consider this a list, we call it a structure:

  1. Complete Mastery of Finances

  2. Decluttering - Minimize Possessions

  3. Mindfulness - Body, Mind and Spirit

Unless you build strong walls and a roof, it matters not that you have a fireplace.  The foundation must be secure.

Now we create a different list, for ourselves, and it's not a list of things to do, it's a list of things that have been done - a gratitude list. I see this pop up often in my reading and conversations, a lot of people do this practice with satisfying results.  It doesn't have to be long, but consistency makes a difference - three things a day, what am I grateful for?  It didn't take long to realize that we have so much more than we were aware of, and we're honesty thankeful for it. 

Increase the peace.