“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~G. K. Chesterton
Do you take things for granted or with gratitude? I hate to say it, but most people take things we have here in America for granted. And then we are only grateful on holidays, for a short time and then we go back to taking things for granted.
Do you realize how lucky we have it here in America? 50% of the world's population doesn't have running water or indoor plumbing. If you live in America, no matter what your economic situation, you are part of the top 3% of wealthy people in the world.
William Faulkner said“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” If you don't show your gratitude, it's like having a present and never taking the wrapping paper off.
Action:
Start taking things with gratitude and not for granted. Start to realize that we who were born here or have come here are the luckiest people on earth. Start showing your gratitude, produce it and discharge it!
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Friday, November 7, 2014
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Take Things For Granted Or With Gratitude?
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~G. K. Chesterton
Do you take things for granted or with gratitude? I hate to say it, but most people take things we have here in America for granted. And then we are only grateful on holidays, for a short time and then we go back to taking things for granted.
Do you realize how lucky we have it here in America? 50% of the world's population doesn't have running water or indoor plumbing. If you live in America, no matter what your economic situation, you are part of the top 3% of wealthy people in the world.
William Faulkner said“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” If you don't show your gratitude, it's like having a present and never taking the wrapping paper off.
Action:
Start taking things with gratitude and not for granted. Start to realize that we who were born here or have come here are the luckiest people on earth. Start showing your gratitude, produce it and discharge it!
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Want More? Be Thankful!
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”~Jim Rohn
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
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