Start Each Day being Thankful

Start Each Morning

Each day I try to start my day by thinking of someone to thank. To me, gratitude and inner peace go hand in hand. So by starting my day with this exercise, I start with an inner feeling of peace and wellbeing.

This exercise is not meant to only be geared toward the big acts of kindness that you were shown and thankful for. It is for even the smallest acts of kindness, like someone opening a door for you or letting you merge on the road in front of them when no one else would.

Once I start thinking of those and the things I am thankful for, any negativity I had is replaced with a since of gratitude. The good part is that this lasts for a large part of the day before negative thoughts start reappearing.

I learned a long time ago that it is easy to let you mind slip into a state of negativity. When this happens the first thing to go is my sense of gratitude. But by starting your day off being thankful, any negativity stays at bay for a longer period of time.

Thankful for Hive Community

As I was doing this, I thought about the Hive Community and that each of us depends on the other in various ways of support. Be it as small as an upvote, a comment or a reply.

Or for beautiful photos that are shared with everyone or the posts with opinions or instructions regarding how to do something.
Each and everyone of use provides support for the other Hive members just by participating on the platform. This in turn sets off a wave of actions that benefit others all around the world.

Gesture of Gratitude

As a gesture of my gratitude, I baked a batch of brownies. Yes, I know that those of you that are not close will not be able to have one, but I wanted to make the gesture anyway for all of the support that you have provided.

So for those that I can not share a brownie, please accept my sincere thoughts and gratitude for your support.

To Be Honest

I must be honest, I did not make these brownies from scratch. I used a Brownie Mix. It was the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate brownie mix. The brownies turn out smoother than other mixes that I have tried.

To the mix, all you add is oil and eggs. Stir it up very well and then cook for almost an hour to produce a batch of brownies.

Suggestion for You

May I suggest that you start your day by remembering all of the thinking you are thankful for. This may provide you an inner peace that you have not experienced in a long time. Once you start, you will find there are many more things that you are grateful for than you may have first imagined.

What this exercise reminds me to do is focus on what is good in life. This is a very simple suggestion but once you start doing this each day, you will find that it is very hard to feel anything but peace first thing each morning.