Stress is so rampant now that it is killing us.

Most stress is generated by things that we cannot control.

We’ve written about many different ways to look at these out of control outcomes that we fear but there is one giant move that can put stress in its place even before we get out of bed and begin what we anticipate will be a stressful day.

The author Dr. Amit Sood, interviewed on The Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio put it so eloquently, I’ll let Dr. Sood tell you in his own words:

“So let’s sit with eyes closed, and I’ll share with you how I try to wake up every morning.

Imagine you’re waking up this morning and you become aware of yourself and the world around you.

Now think about the first person in your life that you want to be grateful for, and bring that person’s face in front of your eyes. And then send your silent gratitude to that person.

Choose your second person, and go back to the first memory of when you saw this person. And then send your silent gratitude.

Think about someone who has passed away, whom you loved. Give that person a virtual hug, and then send your silent gratitude. 

Go back in time and look at yourself when you were eight years old. And then send silent gratitude to your eight-year old self.

And then you can open your eyes.”

We spend too much time stressing about the things we can never control instead of investing emotional gratitude in ourselves.

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