Sarah Cairncross | 
09 26th, 2006| 
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My big sister, Nicola, is always encouraging me to focus on a big hairy goal (conjures up an image, doesn’t it?!)
So I’ve been avoiding the issue for, ooh, I don’t know, 5 years now?
Diddling along, letting myself get distracted by other peoples dreams
and hopes and ambitions but never actually taking the time out to think
about me and what I want to achieve. You know, doing ANYTHING (even
cleaning the toilet) to avoid looking at me and my life.
Why? What is my fear for goodness sake?
I suppose I was worried that if I started looking, I’d see what I didn’t have and this would make me miserable.
Well, I’ve decided to take the lid of the can of worms anyway and stop
reading about improving my life and actually take action. Phew.
As it turns it out, I’ve actually achieved more than I’d thought but
just hadn’t put any value on it because it’s stuff that I do. Dumb
eh? Well no more. For the past two nights (and I’m making this a
daily habit), I’m getting into bed, picking up my notepad and writing
in it what I’m grateful for today. This means I am focusing on what I
DO HAVE and being thankful for it.
By looking at all the positive things in my life, that is now what I
see, so that is what I now experience and I expect more and even better
things to happen. I’ve also made the decision to read, listen, watch
and speak positively – it’s a kind of game, catching myself and
searching for the positive phrase instead.
So here I am, on the start of my adventure towards making my life on
The Virtual Hammock become a real hammock on a sunshine filled verandah
with views of the ocean in front of me.
This is what I can see:
