This is Max Locato. God provides so many ways for us to grow in gratitude.

Unfortunately, our attempts often follow this pattern.

Find something negative in everything you see.

Make a list of all the critical and unhappy thoughts that come into your mind.

Notice how you feel when you're finished and write those feelings down.

Not much fun.

A steady diet of critical negative, ungrateful thoughts leaves us critical

negative and ungrateful. Now, try the opposite approach. Find something positive in everything you see, make a list of all

the kind, generous, and grateful thoughts that come into your mind and notice the difference.

What if this exercise became a way of life? Nobody other than

you has the power to make you miserable and unhappy. This simple exercise will place

your mind in a healthy posture of gratitude.

This is Max Locato.