Hello,
My name's Ian Tucker and welcome to 10 Steps for a Better Life.
Step 2.
Remember all that you have in life.
In a previous video from this series,
I asked you to consider the benefits of being more present each day.
So not spending time in the past or dwelling at some point in the future,
But just allowing yourself to make a connection to this moment whenever possible.
Gratitude is great for this as it reminds you and I of everything that we have right now.
The pace of life sweeps us along.
Marketing,
Advertising,
Social media and society tell us that we need more to be happy,
To be complete and also that what we have now isn't enough.
I'd like to introduce you to a universal truth.
The simplest things deliver your deepest needs.
Let me say that again.
The simplest things deliver your deepest needs.
You see,
The truth is we don't need a lot in life to be happy and at peace.
The irony is the more we have,
The more we think we need.
Why?
Because we start to connect to the stuff and in turn we disconnect from ourselves.
Over the past 10 years or so,
I've been lucky enough to facilitate or give talks and workshops around my book titled Your Simple Path.
A fundamental part of every session is realising the life change and importance of gratitude each day.
Another way of looking at it is if you can't be grateful for what you already have,
What makes you think you'd be happy with more?
To introduce this concept,
I ask the audience or group to take a piece of paper.
At the top of the page,
I ask them to write the name of someone or something that they are grateful for and underneath the words,
Thank you.
At this point,
We still have a blank sheet and then I ask them to fill that page with reasons why they are grateful for what they have placed at the top.
And almost without exception,
There is a penny drop moment within that space as people refocus on what they already have in life as opposed to what they think they need.
Imagine living your life from that place,
That quiet foundation of knowing that you have enough rather than this endless search for more and living it from a position of lack.
I'd like to finish this short video with a story.
It encompasses everything that I've tried to put across.
A few years ago,
When I was writing my book,
I hired a small space in Devon,
England,
A wooden structure at the end of a muddy lane.
The door was broken and when it was windy,
It would rattle.
It had some of the biggest spiders I've ever seen in my life and the roof leaked.
When it rained,
I would have to place a bucket to catch the water.
That same space had a beautiful log burner,
A simple desk and a chair and a large window that overlooked a meadow.
The meadow changed with the seasons and an old oak tree enabled light to filter through changing the ambience of the space throughout each day.
Why do I mention this?
Well,
You and I have an option.
Do we focus on the bucket or on the view?
Because both exist at exactly the same time.
The simplest things deliver your deepest needs.
