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One of Life's Great Lessons
Learn to be Thankful
for What You Already Have
by Jim Rohn
(excerpted from the New Jim Rohn Weekend Event DVD/CD
series) Is
thankfulness a survival skill? Perhaps most of you would
respond with, "No, Jim, thankfulness is not key to
survival", and I would tend to agree with you. Most of
us have probably already solved the necessary problems
of survival, gone beyond that and are now working to
achieve our desires. But let me give you this key
phrase, "Learn to be thankful for what you already have,
while you pursue all that you want." I believe one of
the greatest and perhaps one of the simplest lessons in
life we can learn is to be thankful for what we have
already received and accomplished.
Both the years and the experiences have brought me here
to where I stand today, but it is the thankfulness that
opened the windows of opportunities, of blessings, of
unique experiences to flow my way. My gratitude starts
with my parents who raised me, gave me an incredible
foundation that has lasted me all of these years and
continues with the mentors that I've met along the way
who absolutely changed and revolutionized my life, my
income, my bank account, my future. I am also very
thankful for the people, the associations, for the
ideas, for the chance to work and labor, and to produce
results, all
of that has brought me to this place, to this weekend.
I'm grateful for it all.
What a unique opportunity each one of you here has, so
many of us; representing different countries, nations
and cultures, to appreciate the uniqueness of our own
experiences that has brought us all here, together, for
these three days to learn new skills and sharpen old
ones. For the countries we represent; we have freedom
and liberty. These are extraordinary times, about eleven
years ago the walls came tumbling down, in Germany, and
it started a wave of democracy and freedom like the
world has never seen before. We as a country and as a
world have so much to be thankful for. Always start with
thanksgiving; be thankful for what you already have and
see the miracles that come from this one simple act.
Now thankfulness is just the beginning; next, you've got
to challenge yourself to produce. Produce more ideas
than you need for yourself so you can share and give
your ideas away. That is called fruitfulness and
abundance. Here's what I think fruitfulness and
abundance mean - to go to work on producing more than
you need for yourself so you can begin blessing others,
blessing your nation and blessing your enterprise. Once
abundance starts to come, once someone becomes
incredibly productive, it's amazing what the numbers
turn out to be. But to begin this incredible process of
blessing, it often starts with the act of thanksgiving
and gratitude, being thankful for what you already have
and for what you've already done. Begin the act of
thanksgiving today and watch the miracles flow your way. |
