You Need To Talk About The Small Experiences That Make You Happy

Yesterday, while at the grocery, a teenage stocker complimented my glasses.

It tickled me. 

She looked at me with her bright young face and told me my glasses were cute. of course, they sit on a 65-year-old face. Then we talked about choosing new frames.

The exchange was gratitude worthy, but it isn't in my journal. I forgot about it.

I’ll be the first to admit when I sit to write gratitude early each morning, sometimes the gratitude comes to me slowly.

My go-to method is to write what comes to mind first. When I’m stumped, it’s not because I’m not awake yet. It’s because my thoughts land on two or three of the same things.

I’m fine with repetition, but I don’t live in a bubble. My life is not the same every day.

I have difficulty remembering the good that happens to me. That difficulty comes from not talking about it. I need to be sharing those events with others, not just my gratitude journal when I remember.

Sharing small acts of kindness and good does three things.

It helps you remember the experience. The more you talk about it, the more likely you will remember.

You get to relive that moment of happiness in the retelling. More happiness is good.

Relating your experience to others spreads the positivity of the experience with someone else.

Now that I’ve told you about my happy experience, I’m much more likely to write about it tomorrow when I write gratitude.

And maybe you won’t hold back a small compliment for someone you see.