Daily Gratitude: What great advice to remember when dealing with people – and it’s rare that we’re not dealing with people. Everyone offers you a gift. It is up to you to decide if you’ll accept it or not. That gift may help you…or….it may make things seem harder for you. Either way, you gain something. If their actions help you and make you happy, that’s a big win for everyone. We might say that it’s positive. But what if they do something selfish or stupid (notice I said if they “do” something, not that they are stupid or selfish because most of the time they aren’t totally like that)? Then you’ve been given the gift of learning how to deal with them or deal with the situation you were hoping they’d help with. What does that do? As the quote says – it makes you stronger. And I might add – it makes you a bit wiser. Most likely you will be able to use that bit of strength later on down the line. It’s like building muscle. You’ve strengthened your “dealing with adversity” muscle. You can be grateful for both scenarios. And by being grateful you will attract more good into your life – even if you don’t think something is good right then. The universe knows much more about what path you should be on than you do. I know that’s hard to accept because it means you aren’t in control but it’s true.