Everybody has a bad day now and then. I am grateful that my bad days are getting to be farther and farther between. However, what they lack for in quantity, they make up for in intensity. Not all bad days are paralyzing, but some are a struggle to recover from.
When I am centered, grounded and at peace it seems unimaginable to lose touch with the gratitude that sustains my positive outlook on life. But there are days when I do lose touch with it, and they can be quite painful. At those times, it seems impossible to get back into the state of being grateful for anything, especially those things that are connected to my sadness or distress. These are the moments when gratitude is truly integral in life.
Without the resilience to search for gratitude, it could be easy for me to fall into a pattern of self-pity, self-loathing or victimhood when faced with a bad day. When one bad day becomes two, it creates momentum in a negative direction. Breaking the pattern of negativity with gratitude has been one of the biggest blessings in my life. Gratitude is my way of breaking bad.
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