Store It In The Heart

March 16th, 2012

Being a Type A personality and having a lot of them for friends, this little gratitude “burst” hit home for me today. Paul Taubman is my “gratitude guru” and his little bursts of wisdom cross my desk each day. This is one I can so identify with, and my family would agree. My husband and kids are always commenting on how I overanalyze everything. (Is that really true?) Yes, unfortunately, it is really true. I just have some inane reason to know the how and whys of everything. This little message today reminded me to enjoy life on this holiday weekend and stop taking myself so seriously. I wanted to share the post with you, and, after reading it again myself, tomorrow night I’m going to put green in my hair, hang a shamrock or two on myself, and head out to dinner and a movie and just “feel” the gratitude for being able to do so, without asking or analyzing why. (I so want to start talking about how it’s been so long since I’ve felt this way…but, no, I’ll stop right here). Then I’ll store the memory in my heart, not in my mind.
Enjoy the post, then enjoy your holiday weekend:

“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the
mind.”

– Lionel Hampton

I think this is a great quote! I have a friend who is an engineer
by training and is very logically oriented. For him everything is
thought out. EVERYTHING.

He can explain why his wife was the perfect match for him. He will
tell you with precision why his ‘feelings’ are the right ones
because they ‘make sense’.

There are times when I want to stop him and shake him and just say,
“Stop trying to explain it… just feel it!”

Gratitude is just like that! You need to simply “just feel” it. Let
everything go. Drop the walls. Become a little bit vulnerable and
just feel it.

It is Bliss I tell you! Go Feel it!

Be Well.
Paul.
The Gratitude Guru”

If you would like your own “gratitude burst” everyday, go to:
www.allaboutgratitude.com

And so, as another day goes by, today I give gratitude for being exactly where I am and doing exactly what I’m doing, and….I have written.