#Grateful Against Stress

Actually, I should get up a quarter of an hour earlier every morning to meditate. Or set up a corner at the office where you can isolate yourself for a moment from all the last-minute deadlines, unpleasant clients (we don't have those, by the way), and pushy bridal staff from that friend of yours who is getting married.

I truly believe it works, but my bed is too warm and soft in the morning and my sleep too deep to create a meditation corner at the office... Well. I fear I don't really give myself the time for it and I also suspect that the Homeric laughter of my colleagues won't exactly help me achieve a zen state.

Thank goodness there seems to be hope for the restless like me. I read on Huffingtonpost.com. It's called the physical effects of gratitude. Gratitude, as one Mark Sisson tells, has a positive effect on our hormonal balance. Every thought influences how we feel physically. Negative thoughts increase our stress levels and, very well, positive thoughts lower your stress levels, create ‘happy hormones’ and reduce cortisol and adrenaline.

My grandfather already said it; people suffer most from the suffering they fear. And that's true. Being afraid that your employer is not happy with your work (performance-oriented types like me often think this way, always assuming the worst) causes unnecessary tension. If he isn't happy with it (which is probably not the case), you'll hear about it eventually. No need to worry about it in advance. Just assume that he will be very happy, what am I saying, ecstatic with your assignment. Then you can skip through the day and even if he unexpectedly has a point for improvement, you can still handle the criticism.

Assuming the good and being grateful; it costs nothing, gives you happy hormones and relaxed shoulders, and, and this might be the most important part, you can just keep working and stay in bed that extra quarter of an hour.

So what am I grateful for? That I read that piece on Huffington Post. Thank you, Mark Sisson. I hadn't heard of you until today but I'm already happy with you.