I recently got into a discussion with a friend about what makes me happy. Ok, technically, what makes us happy. If it was a conversation about me, it would have been pretty one-sided and therefore, not a conversation.
Regardless, it's a topic about which I've been thinking lots recently. Significant change tends to do that: put you into a very introspective mood and make you really question what you know about yourself. It makes for a great time of self-discovery, a trend most readers of this blog will recognize is happening here (see the posts on Finding My Focus, Echoes of Friendship, Personal Branding, These Days, and Winter).
Less than a week from today, those of us in America celebrate Thanksgiving. A festival of thanks. A chance to be introspective and to be grateful. A chance to realize how beholden you are to people around you. A time to sit back and really look at what pleases you in your life. And to figure out what would really please you in your life. And to figure out how to get there.
So here's your challenge. Begin to reflect. Think. Pause. Ask.
Yes, such actions can bring up unwanted feelings. Yes, they can bring up sore points. Yes, they can resurrect problems thought resolved.
But, realize that doing this thinking, pausing, reflecting and asking will allow you to realize more deeply who you are.
Then embrace it. And be thankful.
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