I'll never get over how one post and one magazine will lead right into another . . .
I was glancing through the November/December 2009 issue of Spirituality and Health magazine and found that I had turned down the pages on an article, Shift into Gratitude: 17 Tools for Our Times. There were several great suggestions.
#4. I look for the perfect time to "come about." ~John Collins
For sailing ships, the worst possible situation is no wind at all, and the best situation is the wind at your back. But the most common situation is a headwind at varying angles. Sailors can reach their destinations in a headwind by "tacking" into the wind: setting their sails so they can move forward--but not directly--toward their destination in a zigzag fashion. Progress can be slow, but it is steady, and the best sailors are those who know how to make the best forward progress against resistance and who know exactly when to "come about," or make a turn and reset the sails. Life is like that, too.
#10. I've learned to ask, "What if I were fearless?" ~Diane Willis
But the one that really struck me was this one . . .
#8. I think of myself less. ~Diane K.
Having experienced years of low self-esteem but being afraid of thinking too highly of myself, I finally was taught this excellent definition of humility: It is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.
Yesterday's post about A.J. Jacobs mentioned humility too. How great to find a very clear and succinct definition of it the following day!
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