Gratitude Makes Everything Better for Life and Business

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Having Gratitude Can Transform Your Life and Business</h2> <p> </p> <h3>Thanksgiving</h3> <p> </p> <p>For those of us living in the U.S. today is Thanksgiving, a day designated for gratitude. It’s my first Thanksgiving as a podcaster and having this platform to share my thoughts and feelings.</p> <p>Because it is a day set aside for thanksgiving, I felt it was a good time to talk about gratitude.</p> <p>“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” That is a quote from Melody Beattie and it’s one I love to read as a reminder to myself to be grateful.</p> <p>If 2020 has been anything, it has been a year of turmoil, animosity, chaos, and confusion.   And yet, there have been so many blessings, both large and small.</p> <p>It can be extremely hard to see through loss and realize that there is something to be grateful for.  But there truly is always a reason to have a heart of gratitude for.</p> <h3>Things we might take for granted:</h3> <p>Health</p> <p>Family</p> <p>Someone to love</p> <p>A bed to lay your head at night</p> <p>Chairs and a Table to gather around</p> <p>The freedom to go to church</p> <p>Shade from a tree on a hot day</p> <p>The beautiful color of a flower</p> <p>Technology that enables us to work virtually</p> <p>Healthcare</p> <p>Feelings of joy, love, safety.</p> <p>The list goes on and on.</p> <h3>Gratitude = Happy</h3> <p> </p> <p>Germany Kent said, “it’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”</p> <p>In 1^st Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 16-18, Paul tells us to be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.</p> <p>That sounds a lot easier than it is.   But one thing I’ve learned is that something good always co