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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