Gratitude
Gratitude: it’s not easy when everything around me tells me I need "more, different, bigger and better" in order to be happy. How, then, to be grateful for what I actually have?
I admit, I want the finer things in life (like organic food and a straw bale house!), and I have set goals to work towards the means to create these situations. Meanwhile, I make sure to be thankful for what I do have right now, because it’s helped create the situation that’s brought me this far.
Gratitude is not just being thankful for my car, my house and my full refrigerator; it’s also being thankful that I’ve got a chance to be alive, right now, and enjoy this fascinating adventure of life. Sure, things don’t always go as planned, but when I thank the challenges for giving me a chance to grow, then it’s much easier to move forward through them and create infinitely more pleasing situations in my life!
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2 Comments
April 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
You said it!
April 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Definitely. It’s not easy ignoring the messages around us that say that we should be unfulfilled and feel resentful about the things we haven’t got. We’re not being taught to celebrate what we have…..
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