Day 126 of Gratefulness: A Sense of Awareness

I have been meaning to write this one for the past few days but I got in my own way to make it happen.  I am truly grateful for my sense of awareness and how every day it grows. I recently heard a statistic that said we have about 95,000 thoughts a day and 80% of them are negative.  Being more aware of our thoughts and feelings will help us in changing this statistic particularly when it comes to ourselves.  Just think how drastically our lives would change if only 50% of those thoughts were negative or 25% of those thoughts.  In order to achieve that we need to be more aware, more mindful or our thoughts and feelings.  It is not necessarily easy to do but the first time you got on a bike it was easy to ride either.  As you continue on the bike it got easier and easier.  Being mindful works the exactly the same way. As you practice anything in life you will begin to form a habit and eventually you will just do it so naturally.  I am forming that habit of awareness and I can feel myself getting better and better at it.  Once I am aware of how I think and feel I can change what I want to change.  I refrain from judging myself for the mistakes I make along the way but use them as a way to learn and grow.