So here’s the story…

It was a stormy, blustery winter day approaching Christmas time.

We hit the road in our comfortable brand new, well-heated compact car. Lightening, thunder, torrential rain and thick fog circled around us…

A romantic trip home, 2 hrs away, accompanied by the selection of custom downloaded music, exactly for the purpose of giving ease to driving treks. The lilting familiar sounds hum humming in our ears…lovely and calming.

Like being in our own private bubble of security, warmth and going forward to our destination…I patted the dashboard of the car with thanks for giving us all of this…and immediately…

Those 1 ½ hours of office discussion pounding the downs of negativity were reregistered into our thinking process with our laughter experiencing the lightning and thunder while seated cozily side by side, secure in comfort! Feeling invincible replaced vulnerability!

On this treacherous ride home I had immediately started the “List of what we Have”, knowing that positive thoughts are the counter to negative ones.

Positive lists of what we have along with the present are the parts of the natural knowledge stored within ourselves in order to help us heal from the inside out…

Although it took such a short time to bring both of us down, however, with this tool I was able to help us lift ourselves up, start back on the path to smiling.

Wherever you may find yourself, against whatever the odds…

… right in front of your nose you can try to give thanks to… your sight for seeing whatever there is before you in the present view, the breathe your breathing right now going up and down in your chest

…or by patting the car with gratitude for taking you wherever you want to go….