Stephanie Harrison

And if I open my eyes and really appreciate them and notice them,

then all of a sudden, for me at least, I feel just so filled with love and gratitude and hope.

And that makes me want to go out and do more for other people too.

And to help and to contribute to this virtuous cycle of giving and receiving that we're all in part of.

It's my little spin on gratitude because at the heart, gratitude is about realizing that

Good things happen to you because of other people, as you so beautifully described.

And this recognition of taking a moment and thinking about who helped me, we tend to take those actions for granted.

I can witness it in myself.

I have a much easier time because of my brain's negativity bias, thinking about the times that I didn't get help versus the times that I did get help.

But the times I got help, way, way, way outnumber all of the times that I didn't get it.

And that's because I'm not looking at it in the right way.

I'm not thinking about, as you said, the mentor who showed up for me or the boss who helped me to learn a specific skill or my friend who checked in on me when I was having a hard day.

It's so true.

And I love that you've embedded that into your business.

Those are all moments of help.

And if I open my eyes and really appreciate them and notice them,

That's so powerful.

And just building on that, it's really these little moments, right?

then all of a sudden, for me at least, I feel just so filled with love and gratitude and hope.

If we can just fit a couple of those little moments of connectedness into our day where we realize how lucky we are, where we tune into ourselves, where we check in on ourselves, that's all we really need is just those little pulse checks.