The Good Ol' Days
Feeling Gratitude on a Daily Basis
Lately I’ve found myself quoting the line Andy Bernard echoes in The Office, “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”
It’s funny because I know a lot of my good ol days are behind me. Nights out with friends before we all had responsibilities; Trips to Miami, Vegas, and LA when our biggest worry was whether we’d get into the club or not.
In a lot of ways the good ‘ol days have somehow managed to stretch from 20’s to 30’s and now into 40’s. In a lot of ways, the good ol days even incorporate some of the note so great days.
You see one of the things I’ve been practicing for the better part of the last year is writing how supremely lucky I feel on a daily basis. Sometimes it’s in the morning, sometimes afternoon, or sometimes right before bed but I take a couple moments just to jot down all of the things that come to mind that I’m thankful for that day.
I’m sure you’re not surprised to know not many of them are about a watch, a car, or some new tech I just bought…it’s all the people. Always family, always friends, always the people who make up this beautiful life I feel so lucky and blessed to occupy.
It’s a funny thing when you reach a place in life where thankfulness fills your heart. In truth I never imagined I’d be the kind of person who took time to express gratitudes or thankfulness for the abundance that is my life but I guess time has a way of surprising us all.
If I could change one thing about Andy’s quote it would be to amend it to be something more encompassing and much shorter.
We’re always in the good ‘ol days.
Sure life is hard. You have good days and bad days, good years and bad years, but 100/100 times if you were given the opportunity on your death bed to go back and start at the beginning you would. For sure I know it 100%.
I guess what I’m trying to say as a supremely thankful person is take a couple minutes each day and just be thankful.