I have an amazing hubby that occasionally sends me some
really good stuff in an email. Here is
just a tidbit that he sent to me recently.
It was sent to him from his boss, who is a great man! So without any further ado --- here is some
really good advice!
This is a great
comparison of attitudes..
A
famous writer was in his study. He picked up his pen and began writing:
** Last year, my gall bladder was
removed. I was stuck in bed due to this
surgery for a long time.
** The same year I reached the
age of 60 and had to give up my favorite job.
I had spent 30 years of my life with this publishing company.
** The same year I experienced
the death of my father.
** In the same year my son failed
in his medical exam because he had a car accident. He had to stay in the
hospital with a cast on his leg for several days.
** And the destruction of the car
was a second loss. His concluding statement” “Alas! It was such bad year!!”
When
the writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking dejected, sad
and lost in his thoughts.
She
carefully and surreptitiously read what he had written, and silently left the
room and came back shortly with another piece of paper on which she had written
her summary of the year’s events and placed it beside her husband’s paper.
When
her husband saw that she had written something in response – he read her “take”
on the year’s events:
** Last year I finally got rid of
my gall bladder which had given me many years of pain.
** I turned 60 with sound health
and retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write better and with
more focus and peace.
** The same year my father, at
the age of 95, without depending on anyone and without any critical conditions,
met His Creator.
** The same year, God blessed my
son with life. My car was destroyed, but
my son was alive and without permanent disability.
At the
end she wrote: This year was an immense blessing and it passed well!!
The
same incidents but different viewpoints.
Moral:
In our daily lives we must see that it's not happiness that makes us
grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.
There
is always, always, always something for which to be thankful! Attitude is the one thing over which we can have control, in every circumstance. Live so that your memories will be part of
your happiness. Be grateful!
