Thursday, April 3, 2008
Statement of Gratitude
I always remember an important lesson my father told me when I was just a little girl. He said, "When you ask God for something, and it doesn't come, there are 2 reasons why: 1. It's not yet time for you to have it, but it will come in His own time and schedule, or, 2. He doesn't want you to have it because it will do you no good." This was imprinted in my young mind, and I still carry it with me today.
It was elemental in shaping my mindset of being optimistic at all times, and it helps me a lot to overcome disappointments and frustrations I encounter along the way. I'm really thankful that I learned it early in life.
I'm grateful for all that there is, all that is not meant to be, and all that is yet to come. I thank God for generously blessing me with a strong support system - loving family, daughter, relatives and friends, who stand by me through the highest and lowest points of my life.
I'm thankful for everything - for every single little thing that reminds me that I am loved by God.
I tag the following to express their gratitude or complaints:
Eric, Joy, Ev and Cherryl.
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In order to be able to achieve and maintain happiness we need to actively, be able to do two things: Complain and then let go (Dump the baggage, the roadblocks to happiness). Express Gratitude (The open expression of gratitude promotes happiness). After all everyone has something to be grateful for and/or something to complain about. If you would like to share, please follow the appropriate link and do so:“Are You Grateful?”, “Complain Complain Complain.”
Add your name to the current List of Contributors:
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9 showed some lovin':
Hi Kcee, thanks for this tag! I already have it though so I will post it to my other blog at http://honeybabybee.bravejournal.com
Thanks!
Your “Gratitude Statement” has been posted. The URL is < http://areyougrateful.blogspot.com/2008/04/29-statement-of-gratitude.html >. Don't forget to come by and copy/paste the current list of participants back to your post. Doing this frequently insures maximum link benefit for everyone who participates. And by keeping your list current with mine you won't have to respond to individual participant requests to add them to your list. Staying current is optional. However, it f you do stay current, you will maximize the “link-love” for everyone who participates. My suggestion is to schedule a visit to < http://areyougrateful.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-submit-statement-of-gratitude.html > once every couple of weeks and add the new participant links.
Thanks for participating. If possible, try to get others to participate; again, totally optional. Also, you can contribute as many “Statements of Gratitude” and/or “Complaints” as you wish.
We have over 30 participants. Can I ask you to please do your copy/paste portion from my site at: http://areyougrateful.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-submit-statement-of-gratitude.html
This way maximum linkage will be obtained.
Thanks for doing this tag... tc
wow!you expressed your gratitude so well Kcee...honestly your pouring out of your emotion simply moves me. I say, two thumbs up to you for that!
Thank you for tagging me, i am very honored..expressing gratitude, i will.
@ Joy
Thank you for doing the tag. :)
@ monday morning power
I'm honored to be a part of this. Will do the updating as you suggested. :)
@ Wena
Thanks for tagging me with this! :)
@ Ev
Thank you for the kind words. I believe every statement of gratitude is beautiful in its own way, especially those that come from the heart. Thanks for participating. :)
It's early morning and this is the first blog entry I was able to visit. Thank you very much for the inspiring words!
Hi Len, thanks so much for visiting. :)
hi there! i have a bad experience in being too much optimistic. no I expect the worst and hope for the best.but still like you I believe that God does things only He knows the reasons and its up to us to discover them...
Hi Bestre, I couldn't agree more. :)
Thanks for the visit!
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