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Be Grateful for what?

So you woke up one day realizing you’re not where you want to be in Life. You’re sad, angry, and frustrated over some things, or over everything you have going on. Does that sound about right?

You’re down and your well-meaning friends and family or perhaps a counselor are saying things like:

“Don’t focus on what’s wrong, focus on what’s right” and “be grateful for the things you have and don’t stress over what you don’t have”.

At first you may think to yourself, yea that’s right, I should just cheer up, just be, and be grateful. I need to be happy, for where I am, and for what I have. After all, someone else in this world has it worse than me.

But deep inside you have a feeling of emptiness, something is missing. You have the overwhelming feeling that this is not where you want to be, You may be thinking -I don’t know what to do, and then your head starts racing, and the thoughts come alive. Thoughts about everything that you feel is wrong, such as , monies, work, family, relationships, your body, your eating habits, your overall health, your achievements, or any other thing or circumstance that may bring you down.

If you were actually talking to me, you may say; Robert, I have absolutely nothing to be grateful about!! Nothing, because nothing is going right, and I am just so tired of this, I don’t know what to do.

I would answer; well take a step back, and tell me, what is one thing, in your Life, that you can be grateful for?

I bet you are still thinking – I just told you, I don’t have anything in my life to be grateful over? -Nothing, I don’t have what I want, and sometimes I don’t even have what I need.

OK I get that, and I have been there, more than once, however I am still here, to tell you that you do have something to be grateful for, and it’s the best “thing” of all…. Its called –LIFE-

Yes LIFE! Every day you wake up you have the opportunity to make a difference for yourself and for others. You are alive, here and now, on this planet, in this life. That is the greatest gift of all, because you have the ability to change whatever comes next in your life! By being alive you have the opportunity to change your life, mold it to what you want it to be. We are all different, and we all have different goals and dreams. However one thing is true for all of us, It doesn’t matter where you are in life or where you came from. It doesn’t matter what has happened to you in the past, you still have a choice, and the ability to improve your life every day. The only thing that truly matters is what you choose to actually do now.

Remember, its the total sum of all your past choices, that has brought you to where you are today. Yes your choices, I get that things happened to you in the past that were not your choice. However, how you chose to react, and this was, in fact, your own choice, you cannot go back and change that choice, or erase it but, you can choose how you react now. You can repeat the same patterns, and stay the same, or you can choose to make different choices and, create the life you desire.

Tomorrow we will talk more about How to create the life you desire, so do check my blog tomorrow for the next part in Creating the Life You Want.

Robert Jansen

       -live your dreams…