Giving Thanks.
As Thanksgiving comes to a close for another year, I hope that you have had a wonderful time with those closest to you, celebrating the relationships we cherish, and this land of opportunity we live in.
The earliest settlers of this fair country celebrated Thanksgiving in appreciation for a bountiful harvest. It’s safe to say that few of us have had the opportunity to experience the benediction of growing and tending our own crop (although some us are rather handy on a John Deere). The virtual world will live in, while a remarkable innovation, makes it difficult to see the tangible fruits of our labor. However, we still must not only appreciate each step, we should celebrate these moments, as they are the fabric of our existence.
It could be learning how to “tweet,” or shoot a rifle. It could be making a new friend on Facebook, picking your first domain name, getting that brush cleared, or mending the fence. Each is an example of progress, an accomplishment in and of itself. The scale matters not, it is simply the act of doing.
As we move into the holiday season let us not forget to be thankful for the myriad amount of things that we all too often take for granted. The 21st century has made basic necessities subjects of entitlement. Let us avoid this trap, and continue to appreciate all things. I mean come on, the Internet?…we are so spoiled.
All my best,
Posted: November 27, 2009
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One of my daily thoughts is. ”
One of my daily thoughts is, “Gratitude and Love should abide in every heart each day of all the years.”
Thank you for the thoughts you send to us on a regular basis,
Betty
Oh how very true – it’s amazing, but seems like the more one has the less grateful one becomes – myself included. It always helps me to remember how incredibly grateful I was the day my Dad took us all to Coney Island – it brings me back to what’s really important…
I am comparing the opportunity I have to grow my business, to the earliest settlers who tended and grew their crops. They did this in order to nourish their bodies and to make a living. I know in order to reap the rewards, I have to give all of myself to become successful in my business. Then, and only then can i nourish myself, my family and give back to help others do the same. That is my main goal.
Jay your wisdom never seizes to amaze me and continues to usher progress in my business. I read what you write and generate some personal breakthroughs based on what you share. Your ability to express yourself simply and profoundly is joyful. We all meet a percentage of people right now who are angry, bitter, blaming aimlessly or thoughtlessly however it feels more toxic tome than it ever has and I know I am growing higher and stronger in a positive matrix that protects me from defeat.
Fear drove me to progress in a internet business and to make it easy for myself I have gratitude for everything I have and I feel wealthier than Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim. I am not just saying that I believe that! I continue pushing forward without reprieve and looking back at my starting point is very inspiring to move forward by helping other people everyday.
Thank you – KonstantinaNYC
WOW. So nicely put. I think that a lot of people take for granted the freedom we have here to make our future or not. We are each responsible for our own success. It’s not entitlement mentality that will be responsible for what we have, it’s the seeds of greatness within each of us that will take us to the highest levels of achievement.
I think that the Earth is a living, growing thing. We are like the eyes of the Earth looking at itself. Living things sometimes grow fast for a while and sometimes grow slow for a while.
I heard that it takes a bamboo the same amount of time to grow a ring as it does the span between the rings. The rings is what gives it it strength and so, I am grateful to….
Be alive at a time in history when the “rose bud” is opening up into the “rose”. I am grateful that we now have more capacity to be a world wide community and to participate in a whole new era of economics and personal prosperity.
I am grateful to recognize that we are not so much in a recession as we are in a progression of how we share resources on this planet!
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I thank you and Happy New Year!
mary