Forever Grateful

Dearly beloved,

I turn to you on the end of the long count, as b'ak'tun is at 13.0.0.0.0 today. I was utterly surprised the media has not hyped the Mayan apocalypse more than it actually did, and neither do I want to hype it. I want to make use of that occurance to have you look back at your personal year 2012, close the circle, and have a look at yourself in the mirror. We could all live up to this day, we could all form and shape that year to our convenience as much as we had control over it...and I merely want to encourage you to do one thing: be grateful!

This year did have ups and downs, it was a rollercoaster in any possible way, but look at all the things you have, all the things you were able to achieve, all the good and bad things you were able to experience throughout 2012 that brought you to the here and now...and be grateful. Say 'thank you' to all the greatness you had in 2012, get that smile back on your face, let this deep feeling of insatiable satisfaction fill your heart. Among all the little things that didn’t work, look at the many things that did work. The job you have, the opportunity to go to school/college/university, the roof above your head, the fact that you live in a peaceful community, the friends you have that make you forget the bad times and make the good ones even better, be grateful for all that. This is not ordinary, this is not common, this is a gift, a grace, and an incomparable greatness...be grateful. Appreciate it, don’t be envious, obstinate, stop longing for what you once had, or what someone else has, look at your own riches, your own wealth in life...and be grateful; as mentioned above: let this deep feeling of insatiable satisfaction fill your heart, for it will help you to take this momentum of 2012 into the new year. Winston Churchill once said: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference," let your attitude be a little thing that can and will make a big difference...make sure your attitude is right, pure, and true...and be grateful; please do yourself that favor...and be grateful!

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2013 is knocking at your door, a new year, for many a new beginning, a new chance, a new opportunity...take 2012’s momentum into the new year and continue your path with your head held high. Add value, add virtues, add meaning to your life. You have set new goals? Work towards them, enable them, create opportunities, generate them; you want certain things to happen? Make sure they happen; it ain’t that hard, it ain’t that difficult: “Opportunity is [only] missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work“ (Thomas Edison). Get your attitude right and get back to work...but most of all: be grateful for being able to do so.

I wish you all blessed holidays; thank you for reading my blog and giving me feedback. I hope it could inspire some of you to make this year a special and ambitious one, I hope it could fuel you to fight for your dreams as I fight for mine; and it is a pleasure to share with you the inner process behind all the motivation I hold. Have a great start in 2013!