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“How was your day?” It’s tempting to answer with just one word. “Fine.” The same way we try to lump a job, a project or a person into a single emotion. As if thereR… Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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It’s my favorite holiday for a good reason: It doesn’t matter what country, what culture or what background you come from… Gratitude works. Gratitude scales. Gratitude creates a p… Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight,
November 25, 2019 8:45 AM
If every day were ThanksgivingIt’s my favorite holiday for a good reason: It doesn’t matter what country, what culture or what background you come from…
Gratitude works.
Gratitude scales.
Gratitude creates a positive cycle of more gratitude.
When in doubt, default to gratitude.
[And, for the fourth year in a row, we’re offering the free Thanksgiving Reader. You can print it out at home and have it ready for the holiday, wherever and whenever you choose to celebrate. It’s a modern tradition.]
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When someone tells you what you need to hear, instead of what you’re hoping to hear, you’ve found something priceless. This takes care, generosity and guts to achieve. When you offer th… Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight,
December 2, 2019 6:23 AM
"When someone tells you what you need to hear, instead of what you’re hoping to hear, you’ve found something priceless.
This takes care, generosity and guts to achieve.
When you offer this gift to someone else, it might seem like it’s unappreciated. But you didn’t do it to be appreciated, you did it because you care enough to work for a deep connection, one that makes things better.
Best to devote that energy to people and causes that can run with it." |
“How was your day?”
It’s tempting to answer with just one word.
“Fine.”
The same way we try to lump a job, a project or a person into a single emotion. As if there’s a prize for brevity, and pressure to categorize a lifetime of experiences and expectations into just a few words or a single feeling.
Whatever we’re encountering is a combination of experiences and feelings–from extraordinary to banal to absurd.
The real question is, “which part are you focusing on?”
If you’re focusing on the part of your day that was “fine”, then you’re ignoring the parts that were a miracle, or disappointing, or thrilling.
We get what we pay attention to. Our narration determines what we experience and what we remember.
If your narration isn’t helping you, perhaps it pays to focus on something else.
“Which part of your day are you experiencing right now?”