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Just published: Martha Treat September 2023
Gratitude—Always the Next Action
We are all grateful when we drop into a flow of working that holds our attention so we can complete what we are processing.
I am practicing a new method of thanking myself in advance for what I am about to do. This seems to establish a solid foundation stream that supports and maintains my focus in a more neutral way.
Gratitude opens an energy field of invitation with no expectation. The result lifts my focus higher, leaving behind tendencies toward frustration and judgment.
We all know about blessings of gratitude before we eat a meal. Extending this to my work is a fun new adventure.
So, what does thank-you as the first next action sound like?
- Thank you for this email I am about to open (especially if I am dreading it.)
- Thank you for this delicious coffee I am about to drink as I am pouring it or waiting for my name to be called at my favorite coffee place.
- Thank you for giving me this task/action to do (especially when I don’t feel like it)
- Thank you the being able to pay this bill.
- Thank you for the time I am about to spend with this person whose personality can be challenging for me.
- Thank you for being able to do this weekly review I am about to begin.
- Thank you for showing me the next action that I need to complete this project.
Notice the thanking is in advance of the doing or receiving.
Thanking yourself before you even begin keeps living in gratitude as a fluid action that involves the heart along with the mind. You all know I am big on celebrating completion. Now I am also big on gratitude before beginning.
And there is a noticeable shift in my attitude and I am having more fun in the doing.
Getting into the thank-you stream of gratitude in advance is a wonderful blessing.
Martha Invitations
1. Before you begin anything try a thank-you.
2. Watch the tendency to assume you know what is in a communication from a challenging boss. Instead say thank you for what you are about to read.
3. Thank yourself before you even get out of bed for the day you are about to have.
Martha
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