Something to think about

"If we thanked God for all the good things, we wouldn't have time to complain about the bad."

A dear friend gave me one of those little flip calendars* with daily inspirations on it for my birthday in May. The above quote was yesterday's inspiration and boy did it make me think! I, for one, certainly do a lot of complaining. I complain about the heat, the dog hair, bad drivers (yes it is them and not me!), rude people in the grocery store...the list goes on and on! However, I don't praise God enough for my blessings. The fact that I have air conditioning, my 4 healthy dogs, that I have a car and do not have to sit in the heat waiting for the bus, that my mother taught me to polite to everyone around me...that list goes on and on as well. So I think I need a change of attitude. I am not saying that today I am going to magically not yell at the moron nice person in front of me acting like they have never driven before or that I will never again say it is sooooooo hot! But I am really going to try to think about my actions and words. And I am going to try to be more positive and spend more time thanking God for what I have been blessed with - instead of complaining about the "terrible" things in my life...which aren't so terrible compared to the plight of others.

Has anyone else ever felt this way? If so, what kinds of things have you done to change your behavior? Just wondering...


*Barbara Johnson's Daily Splashes of Joy