Finally revealed...The astonishing power of gratitude
and the solution to the 5 big mistakes that
keep most people from putting it to work for them!

Daily Gratitude Newsletters

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Daily Gratitude Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 12 - December 2005
Putting Gratitude To Work For You
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This month I'm going to share a personal story about something that has made me very grateful for something it's easy to take for granted.

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"When Four Out Of Five Isn't Enough"

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone"-- Joni Mitchell

I do a regular gratitude list and enjoy finding the things that I can be grateful for. But there's a lot of things that never show up on my list because I consider them common, ordinary, every day stuff. I take them for granted.

Occasionally the Universe, in its infinite wisdom, decides to remind me how valuable some of these common, ordinary things are.

Last month my wife, Sandy, and I came home on a Saturday evening after being out for a few hours and as usual, our two dogs came to greet us. They're both Labrador mixes, very people oriented and' affectionate. Xena, the oldest at 9, is mostly black Lab, while Gabrielle, 8, is kind of a yellow Lab with long, spaniel hair.

Our first clue that something was wrong came when Xena fell down the stairs. We live in a tri-level and from the bedroom level to the living room is a short stairway. We thought that since it was dark on the stairway that she had just missed her footing, but when we got lights on and checked her for damage from the fall we realized that there was a more serious problem.

She was completely blind! We could see that she was walking into things, bumping her head, feeling her way around. We were stunned because we had not had any real indication that she was losing her sight. She'd been catching tennis balls just the day before.

After a complete exam, the veterinary opthamologist (yes, there is such a person) told us that blood vessels had ruptured in the back of her eyes, and the blindness was likely permanent. The good news was that otherwise she was in good health.

So Xena was going to have to live with her blindness, and so were Sandy and I. And after two months of adjustment, it's clear that Xena adapted much faster than we did! In fact, her attitude is a textbook example of Principle #2 from the Gratitude book - nonresistance.

Xena hasn't wasted any of her time complaining about life being cruel and unfair. She has just set about learning the house and yard in a new way. She doesn't complain about the constant doses of eye drops, either. She finds her way around, in and out the dog door, just like she always did.

In November we were gone for 4 days, and the dogs stayed with friends who have a Golden Retriever. Xena learned their house and yard in about an hour and had no problems while we were gone. We, of course, agonized over leaving her in unfamiliar surroundings. But she was fine.

So there's two gratitude lessons for me in this story, and, I hope, for you, too. The first is that nonresistance, not arguing with reality, makes life easier and adaptation faster. Xena is my role model for this. I marvel at her every day.

The second lesson is that I am consciously grateful for my sight! That was not on my list before, but it is now. It would not even occur to me to complain about having to wear glasses. I'm grateful I have to wear glasses! It means I can see!

So this month I challenge you to find the things you are taking for granted and be grateful for them. Remember what Joni Mitchell wrote in her "Big Yellow Taxi" song: "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone"

I did have one strange thought about this situation, after I finally got my sense of humor back. I was taking Xena to the vet and as I led her on her leash into the office, I thought, "How many people have ever seen a dog with a seeing-eye man?"

Have a great month. I am grateful for each and every one of you!

Peace and love,
Wes

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