Unleash the Power of Gratitude

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than success, than what other people think or say or do.

It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”

Chuck Swindoll

It’s Thanksgiving!! So let me tell you about the power of gratitude. It has been said that our attitude is everything and I believe it is true because in a lot of ways our attitude controls our thoughts that leads to our actions that determines our destiny. And our gratitude has a tremendous ability to improve our attitude.

This November I decided to put it to the test. On Novemeber 1st I began creating a gratitude list. I did this by waking up each morning and writing down five things I am grateful for. Each new day I’d add five new things to the list and watched it grow. Today I have 120 things I am grateful for written down. And it has been amazing how thinking about my blessings changes how I am feeling. I’ve learned from personal experience that gratitude has a significant impact on my attitude and that it greatly improves it without fail.

I believe all of us, no matter how appreciative and sincere we are, take things for granted. It is just our nature to overlook all the good in our lives and all the good that surrounds us and instead focus on the few things that are bad. When we change this though, by expressing true gratitude, our vision expands, our paradigm shifts and our world improves. It seems funny that simply expressing gratitude changes our world!!

If you don’t believe this can be possible give it a try. I challenge you to express more gratitude, reflect on the good that surrounds you, and be more appreciative toward others. This Thanksgiving Holiday, I dare you to take some time to share some true thankfulness just to see how it feels. And I hope that this will lead you to develop a pattern of gratitude that will help you be more successful and more satisfied in life. Unleash the power of gratitude! Happy Thanksgiving!!