Sing off-key and loudly when you are sharing the love in your heart.
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Grateful: for feeling how life is working for me and for all spirits conspiring for my happiness
Intention-fully appreciate how remarkable it is you are even alive, let along living this life
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Morning Platitude from The GratiDude
It doesn’t take much to light somebody up and make their day.
The kindest and nicest acts come spontaneously and right from the heart.
The bigger challenge (if you want to see more joy in the world and directly contribute to it) is to consciously decide you’re going to be on the lookout like a superhero to do so.
The real challenge once you’re committed to being a part of an effort to elevate the vibe in your house or your place of work or your golf club, your gym or your community, is that you must do your best to stay present and in the moment, so your desire to help can be realized through recognizing the opportunities.
In other words if you’re self-absorbed or thinking about future things, you’re not going to see the opportunity to hold open the door or help somebody with the task or recognize that somebody looks a little bit upset and make sure that they’re OK by just asking them that “I know I don’t know you But it looks like you might be upset. Is there anything I can do? “
What’s the worst they could say? No leave me alone. OK, big deal. Great the intention from your heart and even expressing that concern may be a seed that blooms later when they’re in a better place to recognize where you were coming from.
And if not, that’s OK too.
There’s a general “keep to yourself culture” in the United States.
That is obvious when you come from other cultures, especially Latin cultures, or some European cultures where it is typical to say good morning and good afternoon to strangers and to say hello on the streets. Coming to some places and cities in the United States, some people are a bit put off by the lack of warmth and connection amongst people when they are out and about.
Along those lines, I learned something from my buddy the Gavinator who visited at the end of November for Thanksgiving. Gavin rode my skateboard regularly all over the neighborhood and by the time he left, he could’ve easily run for Mayor here and won by landslide. As we are driving out of town to the airport, just for example, he was pointing at houses and referencing the names of the owners and little snippet and interesting peculiarities about some of the different people in our neighborhood.
He knew more people by name in two weeks than I knew in a year and a half.
It made me realize that the way that I use my time when I’m walking here in my neighborhood is really about exercise and sort of walking meditation and I often listen to music or do creative things for my businesses while I’m walking and simply say hello in passing to everyone, but Don’t stop and chit chat with anyone like my buddy G did.
I do, however, ALWAYS join in when there is a happy birthday song being sung at a restaurant or a public place for example.
Where my participation really shines is when you have a table of old ladies that are singing timidly, and they need both some boom and some base to pick the tune up a little bit. Here in Sarasota, about 90% of the tables out at restaurants that are going to be singing happy birthday are some older ladies(old like me that is) so it’s a sweet spot for me and I get quite a bit of practice 😊.
Yes, singing “Happy Birthday” to someone can be considered good for your health, as the act of singing itself has been shown to have positive effects on mood, stress levels, and overall well-being by releasing endorphins and engaging various muscle groups, even if it’s just a short song like “Happy Birthday.”.
Key points about singing and health:
Stress reduction:
Singing can help lower stress levels by promoting relaxation and positive emotions.
Mood boost:
The act of singing releases endorphins, hormones associated with happiness.
Lung function improvement:
Singing exercises your diaphragm and lung capacity, which can enhance breathing.
Social connection:
Singing with others can foster a sense of community and belonging.
The reality is, you don’t have to say anything at all, and even a smile goes an incredibly long way.
I recently read of a woman in Manhattan who is a Healer who when she is active at places like a farmers’ market or a performance wherever there’s a gathering of diverse types of random people in a group and she encounters someone that is obviously not well from the health perspective, she will often follow behind them and intentionally Pray and meditate and send healing energy to them while she is near them.
She is “healing vibes stalker” and she follows behind them at a safe distance, blasting them with healing energy even though she would never put it that way.
Her perspective as she explained it, was that she has no idea why she is being put in the same place at this moment with that person but she knows she is a healer and she knows this person is not well for that reason she should heal them even if all she can do is heal them from a distance.
A beautiful and simple explanation and anytime any healing woman with powers like that wants to follow me around and send me some good energy please by all means do so I could never get too much.
And I’m sure what she experienced overall is that she has more energy to do more healing when she shares her positive healing energy with those that need it.
Her life has purpose, and she receives energy and return from those people that she helps in the form of love and appreciation, gestures, and kind words.
Most importantly, we all must pay close attention to our internal talk track and speak kindly to ourselves.
Be your own #1 fan.
That’s the cornerstone, that’s where it all starts and that’s why daily self-affirmations and talking to yourself is fundamental for your personal happiness and sense of contentment.
Charity starts at home when it comes to love, right?
Yes, it does and that is an attitude of gratitude.
EVERY DAY:
Love
and
Gratitude
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KC
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