...at the beginning of each day and at the end of each day. During the few days before Thanksgiving, your dad had a conversation with someone who said that she had nothing to be thankful about and went on about her supposedly awful life.
As parents, we love to buy and give things to our children. It is a priceless joy to see the excitement in the eyes of your kids when they receive the gifts. The experience encourages the giver to want to continually give more gifts to experience the priceless joy over and over again. It is however a disappointing experience to give gifts when the recipients are not excited when opening and accepting the gifts.
How would you expect to receive more greater blessings in your life if you don't know how to be thankful of the other "little blessings" such as having a place to call home, having parents or siblings who are still alive, having vehicles that are running well, having a good health, having clothes to wear, having a job, waking up to see another day, having a friend, having the ability to see, hear, taste, touch, walk on both legs, and the list goes on and on. The good news is God is love and like the lyric on JJ Heller's song: God "loves you for you, not for what you have done or what you will become."
Three things you are grateful for...when you begin your day and when the ends. When you appreciate all the "little" miracles, you will live your life in a more positive, upbeat, optimistic way. The famous Albert Einstein wrote, “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.”
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Dec 21, 2010
Dec 18, 2010
#12 Say and Write: "Thank You"
Say thank you and/or please to anybody you encounter. If you use computer or phone texting, do the same. People like to be acknowledged.
One summer a long time ago I was asked to photograph a wedding. I was busy carrying all the equipments and taking pictures from noon until almost midnight. Interestingly, neither the bride nor the groom thanked me at the end of the day. It was just a simple, "Bye! Good night!" I was confused and upset because I gave my best, worked hard, and even though I was compensated, the little voice in my head kept bugging me, insisting that, "If the bride and groom weren't happy with my work, at the very least, they could have told me straightforward." I spent days and nights, hours, working on post-processing over 2,000+ images, making certain colors popped up more, increasing contrast, cropping, making certain people looked thinner and more appealing, as well as producing several nice, elegant, wedding albums that would later be sent to the couple and their parents. Again, to my amazement, the bride and groom never called to say thank you or send a card or anything. Only the parents of the groom made a personal call to thank me for the beautiful album.
Understand that even though I was compensated, it would be nice to hear a thank you or a sign of appreciation. When you hire an architect, a housekeeper, or a taxi driver, even though they will be compensated for their hard work, it would still be nice, polite, and uplifting, to hear a thank you from you, "the boss."
A thank you is very simple to say, even more beautiful when said with a smile and sincerity, and heck, there's no cost to it!
So, thank you for saying thank you to the people you will encounter after reading this advice, sweetheart :).
One summer a long time ago I was asked to photograph a wedding. I was busy carrying all the equipments and taking pictures from noon until almost midnight. Interestingly, neither the bride nor the groom thanked me at the end of the day. It was just a simple, "Bye! Good night!" I was confused and upset because I gave my best, worked hard, and even though I was compensated, the little voice in my head kept bugging me, insisting that, "If the bride and groom weren't happy with my work, at the very least, they could have told me straightforward." I spent days and nights, hours, working on post-processing over 2,000+ images, making certain colors popped up more, increasing contrast, cropping, making certain people looked thinner and more appealing, as well as producing several nice, elegant, wedding albums that would later be sent to the couple and their parents. Again, to my amazement, the bride and groom never called to say thank you or send a card or anything. Only the parents of the groom made a personal call to thank me for the beautiful album.
Understand that even though I was compensated, it would be nice to hear a thank you or a sign of appreciation. When you hire an architect, a housekeeper, or a taxi driver, even though they will be compensated for their hard work, it would still be nice, polite, and uplifting, to hear a thank you from you, "the boss."
A thank you is very simple to say, even more beautiful when said with a smile and sincerity, and heck, there's no cost to it!
So, thank you for saying thank you to the people you will encounter after reading this advice, sweetheart :).
Dec 17, 2010
#1 Always Begin Your Day with A Prayer
My child, a new day is a new beginning. You were given another 1,440 minutes that you can spend anyway you want it. Mark 1:35 talks about how Jesus got up before daybreak and prayed. Each day has new blessings and challenges. Get on your knees, close your eyes, smile, take a deep breath, say thank you for a new day and for the blessings you have received. Ask these four simple things that Jabez asked: "Bless us a lot, expand my territory, keep me from evil, and let Your hands be on me today."
Make that vertical connection to the Creator of the Universe and keep your mind tuned to that wavelength for the rest of the day. It's gonna be a GREAT day!!
Make that vertical connection to the Creator of the Universe and keep your mind tuned to that wavelength for the rest of the day. It's gonna be a GREAT day!!
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