Daily Gratitude: You can have all the ability in the world but not do anything productive with it. That’s a choice.

You can have that ability yet ignore it and not live a fulfilled life. That’s a choice.

Or. You can have very little ability, yet work your tail off for something you believe in. That’s a choice.

What are your choices? What choices have you made in your past? Are you happy with them? Would you change anything?

Let’s not sit around and compare and complain that “so and so has more talent than I do and that’s why a they’re more successful than I am. “. I imagine that if you were to dig into their “talent”, you’d find that they chose to work hard and put that work above all else. What can you learn from that person’s work ethic – their choices.

Next time you start to complain and compare, stop yourself and ask yourself what choices you’ve made that got you to this point AND then what choices can you make right now to help you achieve the same thing.

Daily Gratitude: You may not think what you do means anything. But it does. You may look at the big political mess right now and think “I’m just one person. What can I do?” Well there’s a few things.

You can make your voice heard strategically. Maybe not every day louder and louder. But when it will mean the most. You can take the time to figure out when that will be.

But don’t just think big. You can make a difference in the lives of other people. How? I don’t know specifically because I don’t know you. But I am positive there’s at least one person that you can positively influence. Maybe you don’t know that person yet either. Maybe you do. But if you decide you’re going to make a difference in someone’s life and put it out there into the universe, the opportunity WILL arise. You just have to be open to it.

What’s one unique thing you can do to make a difference? Oh and stop thinking so big. It’s often the very small things that make the biggest difference. One member of Team Terrie (I hope I get this right) wrote her husband little notes every day for at least a month for his birthday. He loved it. A note. That doesn’t take much. But the intent and love that went into it meant the world.

What can you do?

Daily Gratitude: This is kind of funny if you think about it. The conditions really always are impossible….or you wouldn’t even be thinking about it. You’d have already done whatever it is you’re trying to rationalize away.

Don’t wait til you lose weight to start interacting with others more. Don’t wait until you’re rich before you have fun. Don’t wait.

Find a way to do what you want to do now. Figure out what you’re meant to do, even if it’s just what you’re meant to do TODAY and not for the rest of the world. Maybe you’re meant to have coffee with someone who’s lonely and had a recent loss. That’s not curing cancer for the world but it’s being Thomas Edison in that person’s life. Your brought light into their life. And with that light came hope.

What are you meant to do today and who are you going to be Thomas Edison for today?