I've been thinking a lot about gratitude lately....I tend to be pretty pessimistic...ok, i don't like that term...let's say I'm just a realist. :) How often I catch myself with a bad attitude about the things I should be most grateful for...for instance...
I complain that I have to clean the house...when I should be grateful that I have a roof over my head
I whine and moan about gas prices, when I should consider it a blessing I have ways of getting places.
Money may be extremely tight...but i'm lucky to have what little I do have...with the occasional extra dollar or two to do something fun.
I get bugged by people way too easily....but I have SO many people that love and care for me, and I shouldn't take them for granted.
I complain about going to work...whether it be one job or the other...but how blessed am I to be employed.
Editing pictures can be very overwhelming...especially when you have so many to do...but I am one lucky girl to have opportunities doing something I'm so passionate about and love so much.
3 hours of church? super boring...especially for a girl with an attention span like mine...but how blessed am I to have the gospel in my life and to be lucky enough to have the knowledge of the Atonement and the Plan of Salvation.
I don't have the greatest health...but I have two legs to walk, two arms to use, eyes to see, and a mind full of knowledge. it could be worse.
I complain about the weather...it's too hot, too cold, too rainy, too blah blah blah...but I am constantly amazed at the beauty of this earth. It is incredible.
It's all about the way you see things. I find it extremely hard to 'look on the bright side of things' and often get frustrated when people tell me to do so. But I should be counting my blessings. An attitude of gratitude will help improve my life immensly. after all:
add the letters of A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E together, and it = 100%
are you counting your blessings?
