Cloudy Days

All right, it's the Berk of that gratitude guy

Cloudy days. Well, I live in the part of the country up in Seattle

where there's a lot of cloudy days. And I think about how many people associate cloudy days

gray, low, overcast, gloomy, with having the feeling of depression or being down or what have you

Well, cloudy days could certainly be a synonym for that, let's face it. But if you want to counteract the effect of cloudy days

use gratitude. Because let's remember, gratitude, embracing gratitude, sharing gratitude, writing in a gratitude journal

reframes your focus from one of something that you don't have to something that you do have

And when you remember on those cloudy days, yes, it's rainy, yes, it's gloomy, yes, it's cloudy

Above those clouds though, the sun is up there somewhere. And it's always how we reframe and relook at that

People always talk about the glass half full and the glass half empty. Well, if you choose to look at it half full

and think about everything you're grateful in your life, you will be amazed the mindset that changes

as you start focusing everything you have and your mind moves towards a state of gratitude

appreciation, or thankfulness versus, oh gosh, I don't have this, oh, it's raining

oh, it's a cloudy day. So on the next cloudy day, try writing in that gratitude journal

Take that seven or eight minutes, write in that journal, and watch how your mindset will shift from the cloudy day

to the things that are so positive in your life. It'll make a big, big difference

Try it, you'll like it, as they used to say years ago in an ad. That's the message for today

Remember, don't let those cloudy days get to you. Your gratitude journal can take care of that in a minute

That's it for today. Have a grateful day. We'll see you tomorrow