Tuesday Gratitude Attitude *New* ~01/18/11

Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to a new day, an icy day here as freezing rain fell overnight.  So be safe and be careful on your way to work, even if you live in the warmest of climates.  Be safe and be careful in your travels.

Today I introduce a new format for my Tuesday post, I used to call it 'Giving Thanks on Tuesday'.  So the new title is Tuesday Gratitude Attitude.

Welcome, in these posts I want to share with you the power and effectiveness of an Gratitude Attitude which can impact not only your life but the lives of those around you.

We all have heard of having a Positive Attitude which is key as we step into a task, or an activity that challenges us.

The famous Henry Ford quote tells us that:

If you think you can do a thing or think you

can't do a thing, you're right.

The Gratitude Attitude can best be summed up in these quotes:

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn

a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't

learn a little, at least we didn't get sick,

and if we got sick, at least we didn't die;

so, let us all be thankful.

~Buddha

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The sun shines and warms and lights us

and we have no curiosity to know why this is so;

but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain,

and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Gratitude Attitude changes our focus and almost makes us wonder and enables us to appreciate the sun shine and nature around us.

The Gratitude Attitude can help us to say thank you for what we have at this moment and not chase foolishly what does not bring us joy in the long term but problems.

Addictions

Over Spending and Debt

Obesity and Underweight

These all stem from a desire for what we suffer in or what we seem to believe we lack in.

Define Gratitude:

–noun

the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful:

He expressedhis gratitude to everyone on the staff.

(Dictionary .com source)

Define Attitude:

–noun

1.

manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, esp. of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.

2.

position or posture of the body appropriate to or expressive of an action, emotion, etc.: a threatening attitude; a relaxed attitude.

(Dictionary .com source)

On the way to work yesterday I found this song from Point of Grace, I wish to share it with you and perhaps you can get even a better picture of the Gratitude Attitude.

 

Just some thoughts this Tuesday, a quote or two,

a song to share and a wish for you

Happy Tuesday everyone!

May you start to develop that Gratitude Attitude

May you always stay Hungry

May you always stay Foolish

May you never struggle to live with love

It is inside of you right now that thing called love

Share it, care for it and always be grateful for it

Smiles sent your way this day and always!


Some thoughts on sharing a smile, your smile with so many who come within your circle of influence.

Till next time....share a smile, make a dream come true and make someone's else a bit happier.

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