Gratitude Is An Attitude
Alison Schuh Hawsey
Intuitive Transformation Life Coach + Insight Accountability Professional
Take three.?
How often do you begin something only to get distracted and pulled in multiple directions?
Today is November 1, 2024. What a fun morning. I was up at 6 am to get ready to kick off my new Journal Series Gratitude is an Attitude, and since then, I've been trying to sit down to write my journal entry on the prompt I shared, only to be distracted multiple times.
Kids were waking up needing hugs. Yes, my teenage boys still like their morning hugs.
Dogs were barking and chasing rabbits and squirrels around the yard. I know our neighbors love that. Not.
A neighbor girl missed her bus and needed a ride to school.
Life is full of distractions, and they will never end. Some days, I get annoyed while trying to have my morning mindfulness time, especially when the dogs bark. There is something about a barking dog that can make me spin out.
Breathe, momma, breathe. Ahh.?
It's time to breathe and take a moment to see what comes up around my gratitude attitude.?
I'm here now.?
A few days ago, I created 30 journal prompts around gratitude to push me forward. I've been in a bit of a funky place with all that is happening around me over the past few months, and it has led me to have some significant lower back pain. Yes, I have some physical arthritis and collapsed discs in my lower back, but I KNOW my pain is fueled by inflammation of emotional moments and feelings around what is happening to many that I love.
Being an empath, I feel so many feelings; they are BIG! Luckily, I have extensively researched what it means to be an empath, learned tips, and created some tools to navigate my superpower. Yes, I call being an empath a superpower.?
In the past, I looked down on myself for having such immense feelings because I was shamed and judged for them when I was younger, but now I realize that I'd rather have a daily menu of immense, confusing, boisterous feelings rather than feel nothing at all.
Back to the prompt, what is my attitude towards gratitude??
I'm in awe of gratitude.?
Gratitude has been part of my palette of characteristics for decades. Some days, it's been more silent than others, simply because many people chose to remain resentful rather than see anything positive in their path, so I've kept to myself. Yet, I've never waned from the gift of positivity and gratitude.
There was a time when I would write a thank you note to co-workers when they went above and beyond to help with a project. I'll always remember I had a colleague, a woman, who popped by my office one day. She came in waving something at me. I realized she was waving the thank you note I left on her desk, thanking her for her solution to the challenge of getting donations processed on time. By her demeanor and tone, I could tell she was irritated.
As she came barging into my office and waving the card, she looked at me with a scowl and asked, "Are you serious about this? How can you be so damn positive all the time." I was taken aback and confused by the whole situation.?
I asked her what she meant, and she asked again, "Really, how can you always be so positive? I find it annoying." I paused for a moment. Confused by her response to me thanking her, I asked her, "How can you not be so positive all the time?"
I'll never forget her eyes shifted from a snarky squint to a softer saucer shape. She lowered her shoulders, and I asked her if she wanted to sit and talk for a moment.
Surprisingly, she closed my office door and took a seat.?
This was a Senior Leadership team member who prided herself in being tough. She said with a soft tone, "No one has ever thanked me for doing my job. It's my job to find solutions and keep things moving. But no one has ever taken time to simply thank me for what I do."
I remember feeling a sense of sadness for her. Yet, I felt personally accomplished at that moment because my simple act of kindness, my gratitude, even when she came barreling into my office, allowed her to ease up and notice something she didn't realize she was missing, feeling recognized for her talents.
After that moment, she and I became fast friends.
It's interesting how this memory popped in with this prompt. I haven't thought of that moment for decades. WOW! The power of the pause for a moment of mindfulness.
I still feel a sense of accomplishment today for not steering away from my positivity and always listening to my intuition to turn toward what is needed to feel good about myself.
I'm grateful for many things, moments, and milestones I've accomplished. But I'm beyond thankful for never losing my internal and eternal character that exudes kindness, compassion, and empathy for those who struggle with their vulnerabilities to feel gratitude for themselves.
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If you want to begin or improve your mindfulness practice, join my 30 Days of Gratitude Is An Attitude journal prompt series.?
These are not your typical fluffy prompts asking you to list everything you're grateful for externally. Yet, I designed them to inspire you to deepen your awareness and appreciation for your life.
There are two ways to connect:
Each of us comes from our place of gratitude and attitude. However, gratitude has become skewed for various reasons, just as love has become a commonly used word with little thought or meaning.?
As adolescents, we were taught and conditioned to show gratitude even when we didn't understand why. As we grew into teenagers and young adults, some might have been shamed into feeling and showing gratitude because that was the "right thing to do" to make others happy. And here you are as a seasoned adult, hopefully knowing your authentic connection with gratitude, yet some are still approaching it from a conditional self-mindset.
This month-long event is an exercise to connect with your intuition and inner knowing to allow yourself a fresh start to the authenticity of gratitude.
Over the coming weeks, I'll post a new journal prompt each day to expand your mind and open up new personal realms of wonderment around your attitude, emotions, and feelings about what gratitude means to you and how you think, feel, and incorporate it into your daily life.
So gather your journal and favorite pen, and designate your time and spot to dive into the deep end of your attitude around gratitude.
If you are interested in unlocking more personal honesty, get curious about why you make your choices, and begin investing in the life you are ready to live, please reach out for support and guidance by clicking here to schedule a FREE Connect Call with yours truly.
Shift today into a greater tomorrow.
Happy Day,
Alison Schuh Hawsey, Intuitive Transformation Life Coach
The Life Coach you didn't know you needed until you did.
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