In Others’ Words: Choosing to be Grateful or Graceful
There’s honesty in author Richard Carlson’s words:
The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.”
We all experience highs and lows. We love to talk about the highs, but sometimes we keep our lows hidden. My Thanksgiving Day didn’t go off exactly as I planned. Yes, the house was filled with loved ones. Me? I was upstairs in bed, taken down by a wicked virus. My Thanksgiving feast? Orange Jello. An unexpected low, but I made the decision not to post it on Facebook or Instagram or Twitter. What was the point — and besides, I looked awful.
The only thing I would change about the quote is the word trick. Being grateful and graceful isn’t so much of a trick as it is a choice. The choice is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.
As we transition from Thanksgiving into the Christmas season, we will all face opportunities to be both grateful and graceful. And we’ll interact with others who will struggle with being both grateful and graceful. How we act and interact is our choice, moment by moment.
In Others’ Words: I’d love to hear something you love about the upcoming holiday season — or how you choose to be graceful when you’re experiencing a low moment or day.
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