It's Monday. Can you think of a better way of starting this week than breathing in gratitudes? Neither can I. This inn will encourage as you go through the week. Please enjoy a seat on the couch.
Relax from the pressures of your world. Here you'll find hope. You'll get the support for an optimistic, staying-in-the-solution week.
Dwelling on life's problems only makes them loom large and more disturbing. Where is the growth in that? Exactly. Progress occurs when we live in community with healthy rela-tionships and avoiding those that aren't. We're meant for good company. You'll find that here. You sign the registry to this inn by posting gratitudes. I ask for three.
This inn wants to motivate. It will help you as you journey towards your goals for this month and year. Godspeed to you.
Please, pause from persistent petitions for your attention. Make time to invest in yourself. Exercise your positive attitudes. It's an excellent habit.
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” William James
Would you like to join us and share three gratitudes? You'll find many benefits in doing so. Keep in mind:
All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it is truer to say that complaining leads people to becoming unhappy.
There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; of those who believe by those who don't believe. Dennis Praegner
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone
Gladys Bronwyn Stern
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled wefeel, we can find something to be thankful for. Terry Lynn Taylor
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward
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What is an Attitude?
It is the 'advance man' of our true selves.Its roots are inward but its fruit is outward.It is our best friend or our worst enemy.It is more honest and more consistent than our words.It is an outwards look based on past experiences.It is a thing which draws people to us or repels them.
It is a never content until it is expressed. It is the librarian of our past.
It is the speaker of our present.
It is the prophet of our future.
John Maxwell, The Winning Attitude
We carry our attitudes, wherever we go. Many learned during childhood. False beliefs like not discussing what troubles us. Or we're to unquestioningly yield to others, allows others to control us.
Not a good idea, unless we want to be depressed. It's good remembering when we turn eighteen, we're adults. We are an equal to anyone else. Please don't believe anyone telling you otherwise.
Knowing our intrinsic worth prevents us from surrendering chunks of ourselves, to "keep" a relationship. We want to reconsider the validity of our beliefs. Paradoxically, they are not necessarily inerrant. It's up to us what attitudes we'll allow renting in the territory of our minds. Hopefully, they'll be constructive thoughts.
Here's wishing you a terrific week!
Not a good idea, unless we want to be depressed. It's good remembering when we turn eighteen, we're adults. We are an equal to anyone else. Please don't believe anyone telling you otherwise.
Knowing our intrinsic worth prevents us from surrendering chunks of ourselves, to "keep" a relationship. We want to reconsider the validity of our beliefs. Paradoxically, they are not necessarily inerrant. It's up to us what attitudes we'll allow renting in the territory of our minds. Hopefully, they'll be constructive thoughts.
Here's wishing you a terrific week!
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2 comments:
I am grateful that I am getting to know you as what I sense through your quirky voice.
I am grateful that things unfold the way they do, as they are supposed to. Correct?
I am grateful to receive help when I need it and have the wherewithal to ask for it.
Kelly,
Hey, I just got in from work. Your gratitudes I like. Pardon me, it appears my quirkiness is showing. :->
Some things happen in our lives because they are the natural consequences of our behavior, or our lack of action. Life is more enjoyable, and my enthusiasm is stronger, when I take ownership of the realm God gave me, and I’m able to express my voice. (I’m being metaphorical, here.)
I'm happy you see the value of reaching out for help, when needed, which is usually often, for most humans. That's what community is all about. Community with supportive, kind friends and family members is like a braided rope. It's figuratively better than a chain. We know about the strength of a chain. With a braided rope, we’re as strong as the strongest strand. Fellowship provides me with more protection, sustenance, comfort, and relief. Others use their strengths to support me, in areas where I'm vulnerable. I do the same for them. Our pooled resources allow us to accomplish more than if I lived on my strength, alone. Am I making sense? You might want to check out Ecclesiastes. 4:9-12.
As I've said before, I see my needs as a gift from God: they extrude me into relationship with healthy others, if I use character discernment. I believe we were meant to be in relationship with healthy others. John Donne was right when he said that no man is an island.
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