Energy Leadership Blog

If you are in any of the 48 States in the US during these past few weeks, you will have a heavy dose of "WHITE" outside covering your life. There are a couple of things that immediately come to mind.

YEA!!!!! No School (kids mind)
OH NO!!!! No School (parent's mind)

GREAT!! Leave work at noon (worker's mind)
OH Yeh?! No work no pay (worker's mind)

Snowed In, a time to kick back and have a nice meal, play with the kids, watch a favorite movie, sleep in.
or
Shovel the walks, the driveway, we're out of groceries and the road is bad and the grocery has closed early.

"In your weather forecast today...more snow....." "Are you kidding me....I can't take any more snow!
"you know it is winter and this is February....this is what "WINTER" is all about.

Each one of these statements comes from two distinct places.

One is very Anabolic, meaning it is positive, light hearted and the person most likely is enjoying what is going on outside their window.

The other is very Catabolic, meaning it is negative and the person only sees the down side to what is going on outside their window.

Where are you on this snowy day?

Tonight, I was going to a professional evening dinner and networking meeting and I was driving in the dark in snowy New Jersey and it suddenly dawned on me that each pair of head lights right at this particular time of night were all people heading home after a long day of work.

As I drove down the interstate and I saw pairs of head lights after pairs of head lights I wondered if the people behind the wheel actually knew how fortunate they were to be driving home from a job. Then I thought, I believe I will just offer up a prayer to each driver to be aware that he or she is very blessed to be able to drive home from a job. Blessed that they have gas in that car. Blessed that they have a car to drive.

Suddenly, the lights seem to soften from the glare that they had been only a moment before. I felt much lighter and I noticed I was smiling and singing along with the radio.

Counting your own blessings daily is a very positive experience and way to live. It is doubled when you pass the blessing on to others.

Try it and see what happens!