Season 1, Episode 31 (this episode was recorded as part of Monday Morning JUMPSTART)

Have you ever said to someone Be grateful! Count your blessings! Focus on the good!

living from gratitude, particularly when the airwaves bombard us with all the "not-so-good," is easier said than done.

Fires. Tragic shootings. Anti-semitism. Terror attacks. Hurricanes. More violence against innocence.   What about the pressure and problems, trials and the unexpected.  The job stress, financial stress, marital and kid stress...  there will always be something that isn’t as we’d like it to be. Things that can cause anxiety, sadness, self-pity, despair, frustration or resentment.

There is an answer to ALL of it!  

In today's episode, we look at the power of giving thanks and the shift that happens in us when we focus on gratitude and thanksgiving rather than the storms around us.  

When we

• focus on what’s missing or outside of our control – we end up in self-pity
• focus on the problems – we end up in worry and fear
• focus on what’s unfair – we end up in resentment

BUT

When we

• focus on what we have – we end up in thanksgiving
• focus on the solutions – we end up walking in peace
• focus on what is good and right – we end up in blessing

Epictetus once said that a wise man “does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”

Emotions are contagious!  What emotions are you carrying?  What are you infecting those around you with?

Imagine the difference it would make if each of us, individually and collectively, decided to trade our complaining for thanksgiving

When we give thanks, we magnify our blessing and expand our ability to be a blessing.

When we are a blessing, we will be blessed

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