Values Quotes – Melody Beattie on Gratitude

Today’s quote is from Melody Beattie, an author of numerous books on the issue of co-dependence, and who provides practical advice on how to deal with various addictions.

A great quote from Beattie is:
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

These are important words that will benefit every one of us, regardless of our past or present situation.

As a differentiating value, Gratitude means warm friendly feelings of thankfulness and appreciation. In other words, it’s a warm, happy feeling we have inside us.

It’s interesting that a number of recent studies have confirmed the one thing that makes for the happiest people. Want to know what it is? Gratitude.

All you have to do is take 10 minutes at the end of every day and write down three things that went well that day AND why they went well. Within a week you will find your overall level of happiness increases.

So no matter how horrible your past was – maybe it was even as bad as Melody Beattie’s past – and no matter what challenges you may be living through right now, gratitude can make a huge difference in your life.

As Beattie states, gratitude will help you make sense of your past, bring peace to your present, and show you a vision for your future.

Thanks for watching. I’m grateful for you!

 

Today’s value was selected from the “Appreciation-Kindness” category, based on the e-book Developing Your Differentiating Values.