On the way to an early morning trail run this week I was stopped at a light & train crossing for what felt like an eternity. While I sat, I mindlessly scrolled my phone and checked my email.
As the rail crossing lifted and movement began, it struck me how a stoplight is a perfect intrusion in my life that will help me be more grateful.
What if you reflected on something you are grateful for every time you were at a stop light?
What if those few moments where you have to stop...you gave thanks for someone in your life.
What if when you usually grab your phone to check something that is not different than the last time you checked it...you prayed.
James Clear, in his best-seller "Atomic Habits" helps paint a clear picture for building developing habits:
How to Build a New Habit: This is Your Strategy Guide
1. Start with an incredibly small habit.Make it so easy you can’t say no. —Leo Babauta
2. Increase your habit in very small ways.Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. —Jim Rohn
3. When you slip, get back on track quickly.The best way to improve your self-control is to see how and why you lose control. —Kelly McGonigal
So, next time you stop at a stoplight, pause and reflect on the good in your life, and thank God for the simple things.
As Paul reminds us in the book of Philippians
8 Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things. 9 Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
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