As you prepare to sit down to your Thanksgiving Day feast, please take a moment to be thankful.
Be Thankful For the Moment
Sometimes it is so easy to not be happy with where you are in life or in your career or even with how some things have turned out for you. However, you are right where you need to be at the moment. Own it. Be thankful for that moment and all it took to get you there.
Given these past few years, if you and your loved ones are still alive after Covid-19, that alone should be enough to be thankful. So, BE thankful.
Studies Prove That Being Thankful Will Make You Happier
If you can start your day every day with an “attitude of gratitude”, you would realize that you still have so many things in which to be thankful. University professors have also conducted research on how giving thanks can make your life happier.
Look at how many things that you have overcome in your lifetime. When you feel discouraged, look in the mirror and say, “Mirror, let me tell you who I am. I am (fill in the blank) and I overcame (fill in the blank) by doing (fill in the blank).”
We are all gifted, talented, special, and unique in so many ways. If you weren’t born with a particular talent, it is because you don’t need it to fulfill your own destiny and purpose.
Enjoy the Journey, Just Don’t Get Stuck There
Your destiny awaits you, so don’t keep it waiting. Step fearlessly outside of your comfort zones and into your unique genius. There is no competition there. Why? There is only one you, who can serve up life and purpose as only you can.
Also, don’t forget to enjoy the journey. Even if you are not quite where you want to be in your freelance options, your side hustle options, your finances, your health, your family or your journey—enjoy. This was the biggest mistake I made in my business. I was so driven to get to the next level of success, income, etc. that I did not take the time to enjoy. Now, looking back I wish I would have. So, don’t make my mistake.
Try Thankfulness Therapy
While it has been called “Thank Therapy”, I prefer to call it “Thankfulness Therapy” and make it a daily or weekly practice year around. Just knowing what you already have and can be thankful for, helps you become grateful for just being you. It has been said that those who are thankful (practicing gratitude) for what they have, soon realize that they already have enough. Those who concentrate on what they don’t have, end up never having enough. Those are also the same ones who complain about still not finding their purpose or creating that dream.
In Conclusion
So, what will you be thankful for this year? Remember, just because you are thankful doesn’t mean that you can’t fix things for improve things. Sometimes just having the ability and drive to keep going can be enough to be thankful for each day. While others may have given up, you haven’t. You are still pushing on with life and work. So…
Happy Thanksgiving and God bless. Enjoy your Thankfulness Therapy.
“Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who celebrate. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.” – Jeremiah 30:19
