APPRECIATE.......STOP BEING MISERABLE

Quit being miserable and learn to make a difference by trying to change the situation. Quit complaining about everything, everybody and make a change, BE THE CHANGE. There are those who needlessly complain, the miserable kind. Nothing is good enough. There's so much I am grateful for and so much to be grateful for. Simply appreciate...

Some complaints go like these: (I'm sure you can add lots more)

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* The kids are a bother

- Some wish they can have kids
Appreciate - Enjoy them they are God's gift

* The birds sings too loud

- Some wish they can hear - They're deaf
Appreciate- Sing louder than them and with them

* The dogs bark too loudly

- Some long for a pet
Appreciate - Play with them or talk to them

* The flower petals and leaves are dropping all over the place

- Some wish they can see the beauty of a flower and its beautiful petals
Admire the beauty of those retired fallen leaves, learn that we all one day will retire too

* The Sea is raging

- Some wish they can hear and see it
Appreciate - enjoy those pounding waves

* The Sun is too hot

- Some pray for those days that the rain will cease
Appreciate - welcome a shiny bright day

* Outside is too cold

- Some prefer the coldness
Appreciate - use the chance to cuddle up and relax

* The weather is too hot and humid

- Some love that weather for family outings
Appreciate - use the chance to get out and absorb the goodness of nature

* The outside is too bright

- Oh beautiful sunlight
Appreciate - welcome in the light, light into your life

* Outside is too dark

-Watch the magic of the night, look at the stars in the sky
Appreciate - be mesmerized by the moon and the stars, relax and dine

* My kids are too noisy

- The joys of hearing beautiful, innocent sometimes mischievous laughter
Appreciate - enjoy their laughter, laugh with them


* The food is not tasty and it is bland

- Some didn't eat today, they are sick or they are homeless, orphaned or just can't afford
Appreciate you can eat a meal

* Tired of cooking everyday

- Some don't even have a choice of meals
Appreciate - some have no choices to cook, they live on food stamps, or caught up in famine etc

* The bed is not soft or hard enough, mattress needs changing

- Some do not have beds to sleep on, they lie on concrete or make-shift cardboard boxes
Appreciate and be happy you can sleep on a bed!

* Don't have any cable

- Some don't even have TVs
Appreciate that you can still watch a movie at least

* Need a new pair of Brand named shoes and clothing

- Some don't even have shoes nor clothes, they wear 'hand me downs'
Appreciate you are blessed and probably own more than two pairs

* I want a bigger house

Some sleep in a shelter
Appreciate you are blessed to have a home

I am not saying that you shouldn't aim for Better, but we lose the importance of APPRECIATION when we complain needlessly and excessively, making us MISERABLE people, if you are willing to make things and your situation better just DO IT, quit complaining excessively, only you can change your situation. No matter how bad you may want something and you got it and have a negative mindset you'll never be pleased or satisfied, you always want more and more, simply bypassing Appreciation. That is what I will call GREED

Look around you now and see the the things around you that add joy to your life and simply Appreciate it or them with a Smile, it could be worse. Appreciate while you strive for better, that gratitude will be rewarded probably ten times more or even more when you APPRECIATE more.

CHEERS TO YOU!!

APPRECIATE WITH A SMILE