Kristin Armstrong gives some great advice in her Runner's World piece, Feeling Lucky? She suggests that we adjust our attitudes by considering how lucky we are to be able to run. Yup. We're lucky we get to run.
People always tell me how grateful they are after natural or unnatural disaster strikes and they are spared. They comment on how they shouldn't complain because they know people in much more dire straits than they are in themselves. I usually comment that everything's relative. We all have our own personal pain, issues and burdens.
But I've gotta say that when you actually have the perspective than you are indeed much better off than many and can feel the gratitude for what you do have and are able to do, it's pretty sweet. As Kristin suggests, how about thinking that you get to run you kids all over the universe, get to make dinner for them or get to work out?
I've written about gratitude before and will point out again that gratitude exercises (like keeping a gratitude journal) enhance psychological well-being and physical health in a variety of ways.
Thanks for reading my blog. And I still love Dido's Thank You.
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