The Vision of This Inn.................... 12/31/21

         Can you think of a better way of starting this year than considering your gratitude? 

Neither can I.  This inn's goal focuses on encouraging you as you go through this upcoming year. 

      Please enjoy a seat on the couch.  Relax from the pressures of your world. Here you'll find hope and support for an opti-mistic, staying-in-the-solution year that will provide you with greater peace of mind. 

      Dwelling on life's problems only makes them loom larger and more disturbing.  Where is the growth in that?  None, exactly.  

      Progress happens when we live in a community with good relationships, and we avoid those that aren't.  We're meant for healthy, affirming relationships.  You'll find those here. 

      This inn wants to motivate your journey toward success for this upcoming year. I ask you to please sign the registry to this inn by posting your gratitude.  I ask for three, please. 

      Godspeed to you.

         Please, pause from persistent petitions for your attention.  How can you invest in yourself? By using your attitude of gratitude muscles.  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   

        Don't worry about your allergies---this dust-free room takes care of that.  Clear your thoughts.  Would you like to join us and share three gratitudes?  You'll find 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 Praetner

              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 we feel, 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.  Some we absorbed during childhood.  Unhealthy "ideals" like not discussing what troubles us or that we're to unquestioningly yield to others allow others to control our options.  

    Not a good idea or "ideal" unless we want to be depressed. 

    It's helpful remembering when we turn eighteen years of age, we're adults and are equal to anyone else.   Please don't believe anyone who would tell you otherwise.

     We want to reconsider the validity of our ideals. Paradox-ically, they are not necessarily inerrant.  Knowing our intrinsic worth prevents us from surrendering big chunks of ourselves so we can "keep" a relationship. 

     As adults, it's up to us what attitudes we'll allow renting in the territory of our minds. Hopefully, they will be healthy construc-tive thoughts.

     Here's wishing you a Winning Attitude year!