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The following comments are from my book Small Bites. From my analogies using airplane pilot terms it is co-titled “Final Approach”
Wise counselors advise, “What gets measured gets managed.” For greater personal development, we must create personal measure and management tools for our intangibles of:
- Gratitude
- Joy
- Peace of Mind
- Physical Health
- Spiritual Peace
- Sense of Contribution
These measures will be highly subjective and very personal. The effort you put into creating a personal benchmark which allows you to calibrate your current state of mind for these intangibles will be greatly rewarded.
Becoming aware of where your mind is staging allows you to take control and move up your scale through “acting (doing) as if”.
No one can create this joy, peace of mind, or fulfillment for us. Remember, our first job is to create the mindset and thereby the conditions that allow these to occur. The mindset of Gratitude is a great start.
The author and philosopher, James Allen, advises us to, “Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.”
Many philosophers have advised that a thankful mind is the one that is the most observant and receptive to external support. Being thankful broadens our focus and illuminates new opportunities. The mental state of gratitude allows us to transmit any condition into a higher state.
Your Final Approach
“The only way to experience the richness of life is to live in an ‘attitude of Gratitude’ – to appreciate what you have and what you can give.” – Anthony Robbins
“Gratitude isn’t a debt to be paid but a key to a treasure chest filled with the fullness of life.” – Michael Josephson
