Counting your blessings can be a great way to understand gratitude. Thinking about the people who bless you can bring great joy. Remembering the positive experiences you’ve been through can usher in a new perspective. Understanding God’s grace in your life can fill you with tremendous peace.
Being thankful for the blessings in life is an indication of maturity.
Being a blessing to others is a sign of a Christ-like heart. Continue reading
We may find it easy to be grateful for the good things, the blessings, and those who are easy to love.
You should show gratitude for the person who blesses you, encourages you, or helps you out of a tough situation. That is great, we should all be thankful for such people. We should all try to be that kind of person.
But let’s be honest, some people are more difficult to tolerate, much less be the object of our gratitude. To be clear, I’m not talking about an abuser, a liar, or a thief. You should keep your distance from these people. I’m talking about those who have good intentions but seem to wear you out. They may be a little needier than others, or they may often find themselves in various types of trouble. Or it simply could be a person who consistently requires more time than you want to invest. Continue reading
I would dare say, that when most people pray, they are asking God to do something in their life or the life of someone that they love.
Take away this sickness.
Help me find a new job.
Turn my wayward children back to you. Continue reading
Gratitude is a pure and honest mindset.
Unlike the common idiom on the subject of confidence, “fake it till you make it”, being grateful is not something you should fake. In sports and other arenas, faking confidence may fool an opponent or a teammate. Faking confidence may very well lead to real confidence if you start to excel at a sport. But faking gratitude does no good for you, for your relationship with others, or for your relationship with God.
The term “organic” has increased in use in recent years. We look for food labeled organic, we talk about organic relationships, many want a more organic lifestyle. For our purposes, when I say organic, I just mean natural. When I say Organic Gratitude, I intend to convey a mindset that naturally occurs. You don’t need to fake it, conjure it up, or stress out trying to work your way to being grateful. Continue reading
We all have people in our life who are more like a thermostat than a thermometer.
In other words, these people generally influence others rather than being influenced by others.
This can be positive or negative. If you work with someone who is always complaining, you may find yourself complaining when there isn’t really that much to complain about. You may have a friend who always worries about the future, you may notice that those around this person start to worry about their futures as well. On the other hand, I work with a man who comes to work every morning singing and whistling, always greeting everyone he walks past. I watch the people he encounters and they suddenly seem to have a better attitude. Continue reading