Have you experienced an upward spiral day? I mean I’ve had plenty of downward spirals, where one thing after the next adds up to being a horrible day. Well today I am experiencing the upward spiral!
Like I have said in prior blogs, I’ve been seeing the need for positive thinking. I have been shown a lot of great exercises to get a jump start on changing my thought process. This one particular exercise is to start your day naming 10 things you are grateful for. Not just the routine list of things you are grateful for, but an emotionally driven gratitude list, the one where you almost feel that tear forming in your eye.
I listed the things I was grateful for, one being that it was Saturday and I could lay in bed and just enjoy slowly waking up. I was smiling by the time I got out of bed. Things just keep getting better and better… That upward spiral!
So not only did I *not* gain my 2 pounds back with my Thanksgiving Feast Thursday, but I lost an additional pound! How awesome is that!? I weighed myself three times to be sure! Haha I am now down 36 pounds! :-D Having that pleasant surprise presented to me I found that I was getting ready for the day with a little dance in my step… literally! I was thinking about how I needed to go to the bank and to get the zipper replaced on my favorite pair of jeans and was wondering how to fit it in before the movie. I was running a little behind when Mike knocked on my door to tell me that Brian got called into work and that we wouldn’t be going to the movie right away and oh by the way he had picked me up a coffee from starbucks and he’d just sit it by my door! Better and better I tell ya! Now I had the time I needed to finish getting ready, go to the bank and to drop my jeans off at the alterations place and on top of that had my morning starbucks brought to my door!
By this point I had a nice perma grin going! Life is good! I was heading out the door with my checks to deposit and my jeans in hand and I get a text message from my friend Jason that made me laugh out loud. My neighbors across from me and next to me looked up and I just smiled ear-to-ear back at them shaking my head and it hit me… Today is one of those upward spirals!
And it’s an absolutely beautiful day out today! The sun is shining, the air has a bit of that winter chill, and I have been enjoying every minute of this day! I called my mom and shared with her all that I’m experiencing and what I’m learning and she was totally impressed with my passion for it! I feel more alive then I have in years!
posted by Charity at 11/25/2006 12:29:00 PM 
