Gratitude v. Want
I had an interesting discussion this afternoon with someone. In the middle of our conversation about candidates, partners, associate hiring, and law firm economics, she stopped and said to me, “You know, I’m not even Catholic, but a little while ago when the market started getting bad, I started stopping into St. Patrick’s Cathedral after work.” I laughed, because the way she said it made it sound like it was the last place on earth that she could see herself “stopping into” on a random night.
She went on to tell me that it ” was the best right after they burn the incense!” and we laughed again. She then went on to share something extraordinary that she learned in those evening visits. It is the lesson that while asking for something or praying for something creates “want,” taking a moment out of each day just to be grateful for what you have creates “gratitude”…and it is gratitude which has an immense power in a person’s life. Taking a moment each day to be grateful created an awareness of all that she had…and perhaps all that she had coming toward her. Shortly thereafter, she found a new job and a new career and found herself in a better place.
I am someone who takes lessons from life as often as she can. I am someone who tries to hear a message that’s eager to get through to me. More so, I am someone who, when she learns something of possible use to others, passes it on.
There may be something useful here for a lot of people as they end their Friday and go into the weekend. What if you didn’t spent your weekend worrying, upset, angry, and fearing the worst about your job/career? What if you just were grateful to yourself, to a force in the universe, to God, to whatever! What if you were just grateful for all that you have and optimistic that while the economy and life may be in constant flux, there are a few things that remain constant…whatever those things may be in your life. Make yourself aware of them. There may actually be some truth to the power of gratitude in that it builds us up and strengthens us — where “want” has the tendency to diminish a person.
I don’t know if any of this will work for you — or for me. However, it’s worth writing down and thinking about.
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