Gratitude

This week we learned a lot about gratitude and I feel like it's such an amazing reminder. I have so much to be grateful for and I sometimes I forget that.

I think in business that gratitude will play a huge role. If we are grateful to the Lord for the opportunities that He gives to us, then we'll be more likely to have faith when things don't work out. If the Lord wants us to succeed in something, if we do our part and give thanks, He'll help us. But usually, when things don't work out it's because He has a different plan for us (a better one).

I loved this quote from President Monson's talk, "We fairly skipped our way back to the chapel. Our hearts were lighter than they had ever been, our joy more full, our understanding more profound. This simple act of kindness welded us together as one. We learned through our own experience that indeed it is more blessed to give than to receive." He taught about how his class gave their saved party money to a family in need. I know that those times when we are giving that we do feel more blessed and happy. The Lord gives us so much and I think that when we live our lives the way He's taught that that is the best show of gratitude that we can give to Him.

I also learned from Stan Christensen that it's best to choose a job that interests you and that will be fun. He said, "...people say, wow I'm just going to do this job for two or three years. I'm going to hate it but it's going to get me to the next level. I think the most important criteria when thinking about how to choose a job is pick something you think is fun that you're going to enjoy. You're going to prosper, do well in things that you're having fun with and so it isn't about sort of pain at work. You know there's a reason they call it work. There's a reason they pay you. It's not all fun. There's going to be some of it that's probably drudgery particularly in junior level jobs. But I think that taking a job just so you can move forward and get to another job is generally, you know, the pain of that outweighs the gain. You have to choose a career now."

I think it's true that if we really want a job that will bring us to the next level, it's going to be something we enjoy.

I think that if we seek out a grateful heart then that will help us be happy in our work.