Have an Attitude of Gratitude.

As we officially move into the Holiday Season it seems
appropriate to remember that no matter how bad you think you have it, someone
else has it worse.

That is not to say that bad things haven't or aren't
happening to you, but ask yourself a few simple questions...

Do you have a roof over your head? Enough to eat? Clothes
enough to wear? Generally enough to get by? We have covered in previous posts
that someone is watching out for you and cares about you. Taking all of this
into consideration it should be a pretty easy jump to say that we all have a
lot to be grateful for.

Sure there are plenty of irritations in each of our
lives, but on the whole we are doing pretty well. while we should probably do a
little more for our community than we are doing right now, our own personal
situations are in as much control as can be expected.

Knowing all of this why can't we be more grateful for
what we have? Our nature is such that we need more and in times when the news
is nothing except dire circumstances are bearing down on all of us. How can we
not worry and fret ourselves into a wary and stressed bunch of selfish crazies.

I am simply suggesting that you stop take a deep breath
and then take stock of your situation. Think rationally for one moment and
realize that no matter what you are going through there is someone, somewhere
that is suffering more than you are.

Be grateful for what you have and say thank you to people
you know that do a good job or something nice for you or someone else.