Saturday, April 27, 2013

Gratitude

This post is after a little hiatus, some time off.  But now I am back in the full swing of things and back on the path to becoming a better man.  The next challenge deals with the importance of gratitude.  There were two parts to this challenge.  The first part is to cultivate our gratitude by creating a list of ten things we are thankful for.  They are to be specific things.

Here is my list.

1.   I am thankful how my wife sacrifices sleep to spend more time with me in the morning.
2.   I am thankful for being blessed to have a family to spend time with.
3.   I am thankful for a family that is growing, both my nuclear and extended.
4.   I am thankful for being able to play basketball and other physical activities.
5.   I am thankful for being able to take the metro to work and have some alone time to read or simply be.
6.   I am thankful for the baby boy we are going to have in July.
7.   I am thankful for a job I get to come to everyday and provide for my family
8.   I am thankful for a loving church family that God uses to bless us beyond belief.
9.   I am thankful for having the chance to constantly strive to become more like Jesus.
10. I am thankful for waking up everyday and having a life to live.

Part 2, Showing gratitude.

The second part was for us to give three thank yous to three different people.  The people that I thanked were the two workers who stands at my metro stop and makes sure people do not cross the tracks when a train is approaching.  The second person I thanked was the office worker at my school who makes our copies.  The third person I thanked was the 4 bus drivers that take me to and from the metro to my school.

I like to show gratitude and to let people know that they are appreciated.  I enjoyed this challenge and I fell that it is a good thing to practice daily.

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