Thursday, October 9, 2014

10-10-2014


Mary’s Minute

“Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.”

~ Nick Vujicic

I believe that the ability to be grateful is a wonderful gift.  It helps us see the world in a positive way and spread that optimism to the rest of the world.  Vujicic’s ability to feel grateful takes the principle to a new level, and one that I think requires a greater sense of inner peace to achieve.  Gratitude must be something that we feel internally based purely on what we have.  Gratitude cannot be a competition.  We cannot feel grateful for what we have so long as we have more than others.  The joy we feel in life needs to be genuine and cannot be susceptible to jealously when others have more or achieve higher, even if in our minds we were more deserving.  Nick Vujicic certainly must look around and realize that other people do have arms and legs, but he is not angry or bitter because he was given less; he is grateful.  This isn’t always easy, and sometimes it is a reminder to not look too closely at others, but to focus on ourselves.  Gratitude cannot be conditional.  Gratitude is a gift that comes from within and is not linked to the condition of others.  When we reach this level of gratitude, we truly have taken the gift to a new level.

                                                                                                                Have a great week!

                                                                                                                Mary

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