Gratitude

There is a lot wrong in the world today. In many ways it boils down

to one basic thing – gratitude.

Gratitude is the anti-thesis of all the major sins. Lust, greed,

selfishness is all impossible once the concept of gratitude is fully

lived.

I am horrified by the lack of gratitude that we have a human race

towards each other, our time and our destinies. We do not take the time

to thank each other for the monumtental contributions that we make to

each other.

I thank you for reading this and hope that it adds value to you. I

thank every person on this planet, and those that have gone before me in

so many fields and I say thank you for taking the time to write those

books that I learnt from, for the long nights that people worked through

to build the roads that we drive on, to the people that thought about

putting up call centres so that your gripes can be thrown at the any

time. Thank you to the educators for taking responsibility for our

children. Thank you to all that have gone before us.

I’m nor sure if you really need to suffer to have gratitude – but I

suspect it is a little bit easier to see what you have – if you know

what it is not to have. But on the converse – it is also much easier to

reach higher – do more and achieve if you have the means to do so. A

little bit of a timing issue here…

If we are willing to confront our mortality – we must admit that

there is no time for other emotions – be grateful – have a positive

attitude – build and grow. There is no time for breaking down, having

poor thinking and not going forward. Life is just too short.

I think of all the times that I shot down other people’s ideas and

really think that this is part of the recipe to poor management, poor

delivery and being a poor (literally and financially) human being.

Gratitude per definition is a giving type of action – and by giving you

open yourself up to receive more so that you can give more.

Gratitude and praise is at the centre of every religion on this

planet. The very seed of being is encapsulated and starts when we start

to realise that there is a world outside of us – for which gratitude is

a precondition.

In gratitude – I hope that all is well for you now and for

always.