Gratitude...?

Imagine a man who has been sentenced to solitary confinement for many months or years.

Each day he sits completely alone in a small, dark, concrete cell. His only company his thoughts. His only food is stale bread and murky water.

Now imagine a woman who lives alone with her two children. At her work they've moved her from full-time to part-time. She can no longer afford her house payment, so she's forced to move to an apartment. The woman is miserable about this change her sadness is felt profoundly by her children, as well as her friends and co-workers.

To the prisoner, the thought of living outside the jail is an outrageous fantasy. He'd quiver with joy just to be released from solitary! Imagine how joyful he'd be if he was freed from prison all together, and have an apartment of his own -- on the "outside".

People around you now live in life-situations that are much better, or much worse than yours. Your life-situation can, at any time, change -- and get much better or much worse than it currently is.

Your best bet is to simply feel gratitude for what you have now.

GRATITUDE for what you have is an important part of your happiness.

LEARNING GRATITUDE

Think about the incredible abundance you have right now. Think about all that you have, that other people don't have.

Be thankful for the abundance you have.