What makes a life happy place? What’s the point of doing daily things all over again?
I made a promise to myself I will acknowledge when I have a bad day. Easy job one would say. The problem is that as a man nine out of ten times I don’t know I am already having a bad day. But I know when I am angry on fellow car commuters that are ignoring me on the road - me being a cyclist. So when I am angry on drivers I know I must be having a bad day. I might not admit it but I know something is off. I made a promise to myself that when I get home from work all angry and not calm that I will tell my wife I am having a bad day so we won’t have a fight because of me.
I started to dig into why I might have a bad day or what leads to a bad day. With me it all starts with interrupted sleep. Two days in a row and I feel all stressed up. And when I feel all stressed up I forget that everything around me matters. I forget to see nice and beautiful things. This is why I decided that at the end of the day I will count a few things for which I am grateful. No matter how big or small or ordinary they are. So here is my little list of what I am grateful today:
- having a breakfast with my wife,
- getting to work with bicycle,
- having two beautiful daughters,
- having a roof under our heads,
- being able to pay the bills,
- having warm clothes at winter,
- being able to visit mass practically anytime I want during the week / weekends,
- having a drinking water.
- having a toilet,
- not having to think what kind of food do I have to buy - money wise,
- warm socks,
- leaving in a safe country,
- breathing fresh air,
- being healthy (more or less),
- known God,
- looking at my wife’s eyes,
- playing with my kids,
- having an internet,
- having a helmet,
- having a job