HikerGuy83
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Gratitude for our lives and existence is something we should all practice daily. I know that I don't even have to go around the corner to find someone who is worse off than I am. Whenever I think I have problems, I remind myself that on any given day, there might be as many as 5 billion people on this planet who would trade places with me in a heartbeat.Maybe some food for thought, maybe not.
In light of the pictures I've seen of Ukrainians bearing arms in a fight they can't possibly win if Russia totally commits itself, I feel a surge of ungratefulness for all that I enjoy in this country and in my life.
While I don't like the current state of government and a great many other things, I am not being called to lay it all on the line.
I have to be greatful for this country and for it stands for. For so many of it's leaders who made it strong.
I am grateful for the founders, the constitution and the liberties I enjoy.
I am thankful for my family and how blessed we all are.
The list goes on and on.
Sometimes, I think it necessary for me to step back from the whining and be grateful.
Any thoughts.
Gratitude for our lives and existence is something we should all practice daily. I know that I don't even have to go around the corner to find someone who is worse off than I am. Whenever I think I have problems, I remind myself that on any given day, there might be as many as 5 billion people on this planet who would trade places with me in a heartbeat.
We try to practice grateful mindsets daily.
Maybe some food for thought, maybe not.
In light of the pictures I've seen of Ukrainians bearing arms in a fight they can't possibly win if Russia totally commits itself, I feel a surge of ungratefulness for all that I enjoy in this country and in my life.
While I don't like the current state of government and a great many other things, I am not being called to lay it all on the line.
I have to be greatful for this country and for it stands for. For so many of it's leaders who made it strong.
I am grateful for the founders, the constitution and the liberties I enjoy.
I am thankful for my family and how blessed we all are.
The list goes on and on.
Sometimes, I think it necessary for me to step back from the whining and be grateful.
Any thoughts.
Maybe some food for thought, maybe not.
In light of the pictures I've seen of Ukrainians bearing arms in a fight they can't possibly win if Russia totally commits itself, I feel a surge of ungratefulness for all that I enjoy in this country and in my life.
While I don't like the current state of government and a great many other things, I am not being called to lay it all on the line.
I have to be greatful for this country and for it stands for. For so many of it's leaders who made it strong.
I am grateful for the founders, the constitution and the liberties I enjoy.
I am thankful for my family and how blessed we all are.
The list goes on and on.
Sometimes, I think it necessary for me to step back from the whining and be grateful.
Any thoughts. i had a hole in my roof leaking water when it rained. i was going to fix it, but then i met someone with two holes in their roof. and I said ""to hell with it' let it rot
To keep your self healthy and well balanced it's good to be thankful each and everyday! Everyone who is a US citizen should be extremely thankful. You are one of the very lucky people to be born in the United states.Maybe some food for thought, maybe not.
In light of the pictures I've seen of Ukrainians bearing arms in a fight they can't possibly win if Russia totally commits itself, I feel a surge of ungratefulness for all that I enjoy in this country and in my life.
While I don't like the current state of government and a great many other things, I am not being called to lay it all on the line.
I have to be greatful for this country and for it stands for. For so many of it's leaders who made it strong.
I am grateful for the founders, the constitution and the liberties I enjoy.
I am thankful for my family and how blessed we all are.
The list goes on and on.
Sometimes, I think it necessary for me to step back from the whining and be grateful.
Any thoughts.
A great thread Thanks!Thanks for all the replys so far. I'd like to encourage everyone in this direction.
It has a lot of positive benefits for the individual, family, and society.
A lot of our problems in society these days can be, at least partially, traced back to a lack of gratitude and perspective.
Maybe some food for thought, maybe not.
In light of the pictures I've seen of Ukrainians bearing arms in a fight they can't possibly win if Russia totally commits itself, I feel a surge of ungratefulness for all that I enjoy in this country and in my life.
While I don't like the current state of government and a great many other things, I am not being called to lay it all on the line.
I have to be greatful for this country and for it stands for. For so many of it's leaders who made it strong.
I am grateful for the founders, the constitution and the liberties I enjoy.
I am thankful for my family and how blessed we all are.
The list goes on and on.
Sometimes, I think it necessary for me to step back from the whining and be grateful.
Any thoughts.
I've know my share of acquisitive people, who define themselves by what they think they own. They never seem to realize that it is their possessions that own them. Most of the things they desperately covet actually outlive them, and all the money they spend on those possessions amounts to nothing more than just paying for the right to temporarily be the caretaker of some objects.I am always reminding myself how lucky I am to have been born and lived where I do. For sure when wars/famines/disasters occur there's always an added sense of gratitude for them not effecting your own , your friends and yourself, I mean how can you not be thankful for that.
I consider myself a citizen of the world and thus feel linked to all peoples/nations at a human level. As a history buff I have read about/watched documentaries about many events in world history that proved themselves to be difficult reads/watches and felt great relief for not having to have endured them myself whilst at the same time feeling immense sadness that others did.
In addition to the above, in the consumer societies we live in I feel as though thankfulness and a sense of satisfaction run counter to the popular ( prefered?) culture which, for way too many seems to revolve around a never ending, insatiable desire, to amass ever more, largely unnecessary, possessions and use that to judge our success on what we have achieved in life when it is actually only in the material domain . A personal shift away from that ,I think, makes a greater gratitude more attainable and nurtures a better, more healthy and balanced, assessment of what is valuable and how we evaluate our lives.
I've know my share of acquisitive people, who define themselves by what they think they own. They never seem to realize that it is their possessions that own them. Most of the things they desperately covet actually outlive them, and all the money they spend on those possessions amounts to nothing more than just paying for the right to temporarily be the caretaker of some objects.
Indeed. And most tragic of all are those who are so tied to what they imaging they "own" that they commit suicide when their fortunes are catastrophically reversed. I recall tales of the 1929 stock market crash when those who suddenly realized that they had nothing mistakenly thought that it meant that they were nothing.Have you noticed that the same people are never satisfied/happy and are always looking at people with more than they have? I mean you would think they are at some level aware that they judge their success in life by how much they own and how prestigeous those things are, so you think they would be looking at people with less so as to feel some benefit for their consumerismthat but they don't, they look at people with more and feel the disatisfacation It's the classic hamster wheel situation and it is the product of advertising and its impact of the culture.
When I was younger I was advised to go into advertising by someone in the industry and they were really serious about it offering me a position I concentrated on the studies. Being unemployed at the time and having little money in my day to day life to say I didn't consider it would be a lie. BUT I hated the industry and what it does to our societies and the people living in them and decided, well got lucky really, to work in another industry. I have never stopped pulling holes in advertising since those times in RL to any who will listen and to this day loathe the industry itself. I have definitely never regreted not going into it, even if the other line of work I ended up in didn't pay as well as some in advertising would have. At the end of ther day you have to look at yourself in the mirror and try to limit the damage living in a rapacious capitalist/endless consumerist world can do to us
Gratitude for our lives and existence is something we should all practice daily. I know that I don't even have to go around the corner to find someone who is worse off than I am. Whenever I think I have problems, I remind myself that on any given day, there might be as many as 5 billion people on this planet who would trade places with me in a heartbeat.
I've know my share of acquisitive people, who define themselves by what they think they own. They never seem to realize that it is their possessions that own them. Most of the things they desperately covet actually outlive them, and all the money they spend on those possessions amounts to nothing more than just paying for the right to temporarily be the caretaker of some objects.
Yes, ma'am.I look at things like this --
I've been up and lived in a brand new, beautiful 2,600 sf home that we had built from the ground up, and I've lived in a 16x72 single wide trailer with the floor rotting out. I've driven a brand new Cadillac, and I've driven a 20 year old Camry with the muffler tied on with panty hose.
I always appreciate what I have, and where I am at any given time in my life. because all that stuff is just that - stuff. Means nothing to me. As long as I have a way to get around, and a roof over my head, and food in my belly, I'm a happy girl.
Life is so fragile. Belongings - stuff - is fragile and fleeting. Worry more about who you are than what you have. You'll be much happier as a result.
Philippians 4:12I look at things like this --
I've been up and lived in a brand new, beautiful 2,600 sf home that we had built from the ground up, and I've lived in a 16x72 single wide trailer with the floor rotting out. I've driven a brand new Cadillac, and I've driven a 20 year old Camry with the muffler tied on with panty hose.
I always appreciate what I have, and where I am at any given time in my life. because all that stuff is just that - stuff. Means nothing to me. As long as I have a way to get around, and a roof over my head, and food in my belly, I'm a happy girl.
Life is so fragile. Belongings - stuff - is fragile and fleeting. Worry more about who you are than what you have. You'll be much happier as a result.
No one ever lays in their death bed thinking about the things they didn't buy. In the grand scheme of things, we have a brief moment in the sun and we are gone. Take care of your body, realize that life is an experience so go out and experience the world, and be grateful for what you have and what you get to experience in this brief moment you have in the sun.
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