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What happens to your gratitude when the excitement leaves?
I have noticed something about life.
We are really good at being grateful when something new happens.
A new car. A new relationship. A promotion. A new home. Reaching a goal we have been chasing for years.
We feel excited, energized, and grateful.
Then something happens.
It becomes normal.
The car becomes transportation. The promotion becomes work. The house becomes where you live. The accomplishment becomes something you already did.
And suddenly we are looking for the next thing to make us feel alive again.
There is nothing wrong with wanting more. Growth is part of reaching our potential. But I think we make a mistake when our gratitude depends on excitement.
Excitement is temporary energy.
Gratitude can become a way of living.
Excitement might give you the burst of energy to start the race or push you across a finish line. But gratitude gives you energy during all those ordinary miles in between.
That is where most of life actually happens.
So today, instead of asking what you need next to feel excited, look at what has become normal that you once desperately wanted.
Your health. Your relationships. Your home. Your opportunities. Your growth. Even another ordinary morning.
Maybe the goal is not to constantly create another exciting life.
Maybe it is learning to recognize how much of the life you once wanted has already arrived.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
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I have noticed something about life.
We are really good at being grateful when something new happens.
A new car. A new relationship. A promotion. A new home. Reaching a goal we have been chasing for years.
We feel excited, energized, and grateful.
Then something happens.
It becomes normal.
The car becomes transportation. The promotion becomes work. The house becomes where you live. The accomplishment becomes something you already did.
And suddenly we are looking for the next thing to make us feel alive again.
There is nothing wrong with wanting more. Growth is part of reaching our potential. But I think we make a mistake when our gratitude depends on excitement.
Excitement is temporary energy.
Gratitude can become a way of living.
Excitement might give you the burst of energy to start the race or push you across a finish line. But gratitude gives you energy during all those ordinary miles in between.
That is where most of life actually happens.
So today, instead of asking what you need next to feel excited, look at what has become normal that you once desperately wanted.
Your health. Your relationships. Your home. Your opportunities. Your growth. Even another ordinary morning.
Maybe the goal is not to constantly create another exciting life.
Maybe it is learning to recognize how much of the life you once wanted has already arrived.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#gratitude #ordinary #invisible #appreciation #possible
Background Photo Credit:
Niklas Hamann
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Are you choosing the cage?
You were not put here to suffer. You were not born to live a life of constant agitation, frustration, or misery. Yet, so many people, perhaps even you, wake up every day and unconsciously choose to carry the burdens of yesterday. This repetition of worry and grief has become so common that it feels normal. But let me tell you something: normal is the problem. Normal is misery disguised as routine. Normal is settling for a life that is far beneath the extraordinary purpose for which you were created.
You are here for something greater. There is a unique power within you, a spark that can break free from this pattern of suffering and allow you to stand out in a world that has accepted its own misery. You don’t have to be like the billions who repeat their struggles daily. You have the power to think differently, to choose differently, and to live differently.
Being exceptional begins with a choice—a choice to refuse the “normal” and to reject the idea that suffering is inevitable. You are not here to blend in with the crowd. You are here to rise above it, to be a light that inspires others to see what’s possible when we stop accepting the status quo.
Embrace your uniqueness. Claim your extraordinary purpose. Stop living the life you think you’re stuck with, and start creating the life you deserve. You have the power to change everything, starting right now.
If this reached you or there was something that truly resonated with you, please like and share in hopes this will maybe reach someone that it could help.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#freedom #suffering ##normal #ordinary #life
Background Picture by
Dmitriii Ko
You were not put here to suffer. You were not born to live a life of constant agitation, frustration, or misery. Yet, so many people, perhaps even you, wake up every day and unconsciously choose to carry the burdens of yesterday. This repetition of worry and grief has become so common that it feels normal. But let me tell you something: normal is the problem. Normal is misery disguised as routine. Normal is settling for a life that is far beneath the extraordinary purpose for which you were created.
You are here for something greater. There is a unique power within you, a spark that can break free from this pattern of suffering and allow you to stand out in a world that has accepted its own misery. You don’t have to be like the billions who repeat their struggles daily. You have the power to think differently, to choose differently, and to live differently.
Being exceptional begins with a choice—a choice to refuse the “normal” and to reject the idea that suffering is inevitable. You are not here to blend in with the crowd. You are here to rise above it, to be a light that inspires others to see what’s possible when we stop accepting the status quo.
Embrace your uniqueness. Claim your extraordinary purpose. Stop living the life you think you’re stuck with, and start creating the life you deserve. You have the power to change everything, starting right now.
If this reached you or there was something that truly resonated with you, please like and share in hopes this will maybe reach someone that it could help.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#freedom #suffering ##normal #ordinary #life
Background Picture by
Dmitriii Ko
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