Sometimes people around you are doing it tough too, and they can't reach out and help you like you'd want it.
Sometimes you're surrounded by generally shitty things happening - to you, to your family and friends.
I'm in one of those spots right now, and sometimes its really hard not to get bogged down in all the suffering and sadness, the anxiety and depression.
What the hell do you do in those times? Me, I remember that I'm a fridge owner.
Yep. I own a refrigerator. 87% of the worlds population don't.
Not only that, when my last fridge conked out, I was able to scrape together some savings and buy a new one within two days. How lucky am I!
I practice gratitude for my fridge. For the frozen beans, ice cream, vegetables and eggs that stay cold and fresh. For the food that I am able to afford, the house that keeps me warm and dry in winter, cool and out of the heat in summer.
When things go bad, its so easy to focus on this one thing, the thing that is out of order. We cling to the idea of security. that we will always have material comforts. When things go awry, when arguments become toxic, when health fails and hearts break, we are kicked out of our secure delusion.
And in those times, rather than tell myself that everything is OK, I am finding it helpful to be grateful for all the many good things that happen to me every day.
