Dr. Brown’s research has taught me one of life's most outstanding values. She saved me from losing a great friendship. My childhood friend and I had a misunderstanding that changed our relationship for a while. I could not pinpoint the reason, but I suddenly started feeling like he had developed a negative attitude towards me. He criticized everything about me. He could no longer encourage or motivate me as a friend should. I sought his approval but failed every time, and our relationship worsened as time went by. We stopped communicating because I thought I would be happier without the negative energy. Our relationship only changed when I came across Brene Brown’s article about Joy and gratitude.
According to Brown (2018), it is gratitude that brings joy. Her (Brown, 2018) advice is to identify something that they are grateful for every day and either write it down or say it aloud. In as much as he had become a thorn in my flesh, I was not ready to lose him. We had been through a lot together, and I treasured him. I wanted us to get back to being us. I chose the latter. Every day, I would spend some time (between 15:00 and 15:05) at our favorite spot and say something out loud that I was grateful for.
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After a week, I invited him to join me. On that day, I chose to say something that I was grateful for about him. I remembered how he had helped me get back my certificates when I lost them. We went up and down in search of them. He went with me every day until I got them. He was more than a friend. He was family.
References
Brown, B. (November 21, 2018). Joy and Gratitude. Retrived on February 25, 2021 from https://www.globalleadership.org
