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If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. ~Frank A. Clark

Today is another bullet list day, a day where I not only give thanks for what I am grateful for in my prayers, but I put it down on “paper.”

Each new blog post, I write about being grateful for one thing, when in fact I am grateful for so many things, and every now and then it is important that I show it.

This morning I am grateful for…

• Another day of opportunities
• A loving family
• An amazing group of friends
• My health
• My job
• A nice home
• A nice car
• Clothes on my back
• Spiritual growth
• Financial growth
• ME

This is just a small list of things that I am grateful for, things I definitely want MORE of in my life. Today’s quote is spot on, when you consider how the Law of Attraction works in your life. If you can’t find your gratitude in the things you already have, how will you be grateful for things to come, and why should anyone, or anything give you more?

It really doesn’t matter if you believe in God, Buddha, or Chuck E. Cheese, if you can’t be grateful for the abundance you already experience in your life, then deep down, you will feel as if you don’t deserve better. That feeling alone, is what will block even more abundance from entering your life. Jim said to me one day about six months ago, “I think you’re afraid of success.” No, I was not really afraid of it. I was far too busy bitching and moaning about how bad my life was, and I felt like I didn’t deserve success. So it didn’t matter how hard I tried, I was just wasting my time putting any extra effort, because I knew I would only fail.

I got rid of my defeatist attitude, and I started by being thankful for even the smallest thing, and also coming to realize that truthfully my life wasn’t that bad, there are others out there who have it much worse.

I’ll wrap it up with a quick story. When I was about eleven years old, I read this book called The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom. It is a story about a Dutch family who helps hide Jewish friends during the holocaust, when they themselves are eventually caught and sent to concentration camps. At one point in the story, there is mention of a severe flea infestation in their barracks. Where most people would complain, these people were grateful for the fleas, because it allowed them to pray, and study the bible, and be left alone by the Nazi guards. Now that is finding your gratitude.

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