Last Friday was the beginning of a weekly gratitude article, designed for the purpose of reminding myself and others the value of maintaining an attitude of gratitude.  (Photo Credit:  takingcare).

I urge you to do the same for yourself.  If you get into the habit of training your mind to focus on what you have, not what you don’t have, then an inevitable shift of perception will take place, leading you to believe in your heart that you are indeed blessed!      

If you have a blog, go ahead and write whatever you’re grateful for.  Slade Robertson over at Spiritual Blogging articulates rather well in How Blogging Works the Law of Attraction the power of using blogging, essentially saying that blogs are super-powered way for your spirit to dynamically reach and connect with others on a global scale, thus super-charging your thoughts, energy and intentions.  If you don’t have a blog, don’t worry, just whip out a notebook or create a file on your hard drive and create a list of things you’re thankful for!   Why not?  It’ll make you feel better - guaranteed.

Here’s today’s gratitude list:  

Subscribers and Visitors to this Blog:  The Adversity University community has grown by leaps and bounds since I started it in 1996.  We’ve come a LONG way and I couldn’t have done it without your support.  I’m very grateful you were inspired enough to sign up, putting your full faith in my ability to make a difference in your life and deliver quality content.  I also appreciate those who make good use of the commenting section here because by doing that, you’re making this one dynamic community!  

Wordpress Designers and Developers:  Ever since switching to Wordpress last month, I’ve discovered many wonderful plug-ins, allowing mere mortals like me who have very little knowledge of coding, to add things like “related posts” that you see below.  Hundreds of Wordpress developers are to be commended for spending thousands of hours in creating free plug-ins for the rest of us.  It is because of them I can blog with relative ease and comfort and give the readers and visitors the ability to hang around and participate! 

Over at A Deaf Mom’s World, Karen Putz writes wonderfully inspiring and entertaining articles about things that are going on in her life as a deaf mom with kids and a hubby.  The last several posts have been about an all-deaf cruise that they went on recently.  I think you’ll enjoy her warm, embracing style of writing.      

Brian Kim wrote a powerful article on the value of learning about other people’s stories.  He reminds us that all of us have a story to share - yes, that means you too.   I’m glad Brian reminded me (and now you) to pay attention to the next person we encounter and ask them to tell us a personal story.  You’ll make a new friend for life if you do that.

Do you have a little belly fat on you?  Come on, admit it.  I do!  Thanks to Jay White at Dumb Little Man-Tips For Life, I was led to K. Stone’s article that does a great job on how to lose just a little bit fat, one step at a time.  It was because of her article that I went back to the gym this morning and made better selections when I went grocery shopping later on.

To those who have been using “StumbleUpon” for certain posts at this blog (perhaps through the use of the “Share This” button at the end of them?), I thank you for doing so because you’ve been helping me receive tons of new traffic (even though I have no idea who you are, where you’re from or how you’ve come to Stumble me.  Update:  Thanks to Liz Strauss who wrote “The Secret to Massive Digg/StumbleUpon Traffic Without Spamming,” I finally figured out how to personally track down and thank those who stumbled some of my articles, causing massive traffic to come through here.  For example, yesterday, over 500 people visited “Oh My Sweet Mama!”   Whoever you are, Please keep Stumbling me - it is greatly appreciated!

And finally but not least, I am grateful bloggers like Brad Baggett at Juice of Champions continue to share my work with others like ”7 Essential Tips for Your Life’s Toolkit.” 

Food for thought:  What are you grateful for today? 

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