Luckily, I'm Grateful...

I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.

And I like more.

However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:

I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.

If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?

Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?

If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.

But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:

"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"

and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.

But I hear there's no such thing as luck:

"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca

"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi


So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.


If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.

If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!

SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.

I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!

Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!

So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-

and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!

Luckily, I'm Grateful...

I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.

And I like more.

However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:

I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.

If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?

Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?

If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.

But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:

"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"

and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.

But I hear there's no such thing as luck:

"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca

"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi


So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.


If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.

If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!

SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.

I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!

Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!

So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-

and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!

Legal sucks- MARKETING ROCKS!!!

The Legal Department of Warner Bros. was going to shut this down.

They were going to send a "cease and desist", or sue them.

Then marketing saw it:




THAT'S why I love marketing-

and John McClane!

Legal sucks- MARKETING ROCKS!!!

The Legal Department of Warner Bros. was going to shut this down.

They were going to send a "cease and desist", or sue them.

Then marketing saw it:




THAT'S why I love marketing-

and John McClane!

Creating the atmosphere- FOR LOVE....

Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.

Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.

An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?

Simple- Hair spray.

Huh?

Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.

But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!

So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.

Again.

Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!

Creating the atmosphere- FOR LOVE....

Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.

Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.

An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?

Simple- Hair spray.

Huh?

Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.

But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!

So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.

Again.

Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!

The DEATH of America?

Someone over at Marvel Comics has made another stupid error:

They are killing off Captain America.

Ok, so maybe they need to make some sales, and maybe he's not as popular as he might have been when we hadd high morale in the country.

But we ARE at war.

And even if we are at war under false pretenses,

and even if the people we've voted for are completely out of thier minds with power,

and even if we don't trust the government with ANYTHING,

There's a place for Capain America.

Our war may be some international scam, but our enemies DO want us dead.

America definitely NEEDS a hero that stands for our principles of Freedom.

I suppose this is to incite a cry for a Captain America Movie,

and a resurrection at some point (he HAS been resurrected before),

but I think it's just to drum up some sales.

That being said, I WILL be getting a copy!