Get the winning attitude - gratitude!




The Winning Attitude - Gratitude!

Waking up alive everyday we feel the newness of another day with all the endless possibilities a new day brings.
In light of the possibilities, the best stance to adopt is gratitude for all the things working together for our good, healthy bodies, good shelter, comfortable clothing, food on our tables, shoes on our feet, and belongingness to communities of people who care about us. These are the basic elements of our existence which makes us dignified human beings. Without any of them we get a taste of misery in that particular area and it becomes a need to us.
However gratitude for life itself and the other elements we have even when one is missing puts us in good standing to realise and be able to attain the missing element.
With an attitude of gratitude we maintain a positive mindset and spare ourselves anxiety and worry
which drains our energy and makes us feel helpless.
"Count your blessings, name them one by one..." So goes a popular hymn most of us know. The song speaks to our inner man to introspect and realise that we have a lot to be thankful for no matter the prevailing circumstances. Yes we yearn to earn more and be more than we are but we could also have less than what we have.
What are you grateful for today? Do you appreciate that which you have today? What we have today is ours to use as inputs into new ventures and projects to yield more and take us to a higher level. This can only happen if we appreciate those resources no matter how little they seem, like the sower's seeds they go into a process of nurturing and growth to eventually yield plentiful harvest. When the harvest is taken in we rejoice because our endeavor to have more is realised and with grateful hearts repeat the process growing bigger and better each time.
Therefore despise not that which you have no matter how little lest you be discouraged and see it all go to waste. Adopt a stance of gratitude and look at your blessings with eyes of appreciation and possibility. Ideas come to us from that disposition and we are able to harness our resources in the best combinations to yield more and we receive more things to be grateful for. Whatever happens today be grateful and forge ahead with appreciation.

THE GOLDEN WORD FOUNTAIN - (TGWF)

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