Gratitude

My mom would always say when life gets you down let's play the Pollyanna game. Oh it would bug me! I would want to have a pity party and my mom wanted to play a game. But the older I get the more I understand. She was teaching me to have gratitude. To be grateful for what I had. And now I am teaching my children to be grateful for what they have. Like my mother I see that having a positive, grateful attitude brings more blessings and circulates a joyful, happy life. I am reading The Power by Rhonda Byrne and it looks like mama knows best! Gratitude and positive thinking are powerful emotions that replace the negative with love and joy. And I find that when I practice this in my life and model this for my kids we are all lots happier and find joy in the little things. And gratitude comes easier and easier. And your world is filled with wonderment and awe. Martha Washington said "I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not our circumstances." Well said!