Amen to the thought posted below in a message sent by one of our distributors to our team board. Here's to everyone's loved ones, appreciating the blessings we have, and developing and maintaining an "Attitude of Grattitude" in 2008 and beyond!
Take care, be safe, and love your families like there's no tomorrow.... after all, we never know what the future will bring, so let's not waste one minute not appreciating our loved ones, and make every second count!
We all have much to be greatful for this Thankful Day. If you place your focus on all of the things to be greatful for in your life, there will be no place, or room for negatives.
All of us fall away from our "Attitude of Grattitude" at different points in our life, ....including me, .....but there is ALWAYS another day, God Willing, to get your mindset back in a place of gratefulness.
Let this attitude start each day, as you open your eyes, ...be greatful, you will witness another day of your children's lives, or have another day to make someone you care about smile.
Another day to forgive, to heal, to love, to work, to walk, or even talk, these are ALL things to NOT be taken for granted, to breathe, to eat, or to begin the process of changing eating habits and getting in shape. To be grateful that you have the food and CHOICE to decide. That you have a roof over your head, and a place to sleep.
Instead of focusing on the car payment bill, focus on the blessing of "having a car". Instead of focusing on the aches and pains, be greatful that you are alive and that you "feel", many don't.
Next time when you are feeling stressed that there is not enough time in the day for everything, instead be greatful that your life is so full and that you have "so many" opportunities to re-organize, as well as to "prioritize".
To be able to Prioritize your day to day schedule and your life is a HUGE blessing. Think about it. There are many many people that this will never be the case. That to be able to make choices, decisions, will never be an option for.
So yes, .......even your CRAZIEST DAY is a blessing and something to be greatful for.
I am greatful that we are properous enough that I will have the food and supplies to do "all the cooking today". That I will have many family and loved ones over to "clean my house for." That at the end of the day when I am so tired and the dishes are done, "I will have had such a joyous day with the people I love, as a reason to be tired for".
How many won't feel that joyous exhaustion because they have lost their families and loved ones this year.
That I can go with my grandchildren and take a plate of pumpkin bars, and pumpkin pies, with any extra canned goods and food to our local mission for those that have different blessings to be greatful for. Because they are alive, they have a roof over their head, and they have the promise of tomorrow to begin changing the rest of their life and focusing on what they DO have to be greatful for. Because with this "attitude of gratitude" comes "more" blessings.
Another thing I will be greatful for at the end of the day today, is all of YOU. It has been an amazing year and each of you has brought something new to be greatful for into our lives. Maybe an idea, or thought that I didn't have before knowing you, or "your own" experience that changed my way of looking at something, or that made me "greatful" for something in my own life.
Sometimes it is knowing that by meeting you and offering this opportunity, or working with you, it has the promise of changing the things YOU are greatful for in your life!
This is HUGE and just brought tears for me as I typed it, because when you can offer something positive to others that has the possibility of changing lives, it fills my heart to overflowing grattitude that we can be a part of that, and .......that you will too.
This is more than a "business" for us, and for you. It is a journey we are all taking together. We all have our own destinations that are right for us, and some of you will continue to develop new journey plans as you reach your destinations, some won't, but we know that we are not journeying alone, we have caring and support and SO many things to be greatful for along the way.
Have a wonderful day of thankfulness, and as we say our family prayer of blessings and gratitude at dinner today, you will ALL be in my thoughts.
Kellene, Bill, Savanah, Kyndra, Jeremiah, Krista, Forrest, Garrett, and the VanDorn Zoo.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Kellene VanDorn
Double Diamond Team Leader
www.ourcandleclub.com
Take care, be safe, and love your families like there's no tomorrow.... after all, we never know what the future will bring, so let's not waste one minute not appreciating our loved ones, and make every second count!
We all have much to be greatful for this Thankful Day. If you place your focus on all of the things to be greatful for in your life, there will be no place, or room for negatives.
All of us fall away from our "Attitude of Grattitude" at different points in our life, ....including me, .....but there is ALWAYS another day, God Willing, to get your mindset back in a place of gratefulness.
Let this attitude start each day, as you open your eyes, ...be greatful, you will witness another day of your children's lives, or have another day to make someone you care about smile.
Another day to forgive, to heal, to love, to work, to walk, or even talk, these are ALL things to NOT be taken for granted, to breathe, to eat, or to begin the process of changing eating habits and getting in shape. To be grateful that you have the food and CHOICE to decide. That you have a roof over your head, and a place to sleep.
Instead of focusing on the car payment bill, focus on the blessing of "having a car". Instead of focusing on the aches and pains, be greatful that you are alive and that you "feel", many don't.
Next time when you are feeling stressed that there is not enough time in the day for everything, instead be greatful that your life is so full and that you have "so many" opportunities to re-organize, as well as to "prioritize".
To be able to Prioritize your day to day schedule and your life is a HUGE blessing. Think about it. There are many many people that this will never be the case. That to be able to make choices, decisions, will never be an option for.
So yes, .......even your CRAZIEST DAY is a blessing and something to be greatful for.
I am greatful that we are properous enough that I will have the food and supplies to do "all the cooking today". That I will have many family and loved ones over to "clean my house for." That at the end of the day when I am so tired and the dishes are done, "I will have had such a joyous day with the people I love, as a reason to be tired for".
How many won't feel that joyous exhaustion because they have lost their families and loved ones this year.
That I can go with my grandchildren and take a plate of pumpkin bars, and pumpkin pies, with any extra canned goods and food to our local mission for those that have different blessings to be greatful for. Because they are alive, they have a roof over their head, and they have the promise of tomorrow to begin changing the rest of their life and focusing on what they DO have to be greatful for. Because with this "attitude of gratitude" comes "more" blessings.
Another thing I will be greatful for at the end of the day today, is all of YOU. It has been an amazing year and each of you has brought something new to be greatful for into our lives. Maybe an idea, or thought that I didn't have before knowing you, or "your own" experience that changed my way of looking at something, or that made me "greatful" for something in my own life.
Sometimes it is knowing that by meeting you and offering this opportunity, or working with you, it has the promise of changing the things YOU are greatful for in your life!
This is HUGE and just brought tears for me as I typed it, because when you can offer something positive to others that has the possibility of changing lives, it fills my heart to overflowing grattitude that we can be a part of that, and .......that you will too.
This is more than a "business" for us, and for you. It is a journey we are all taking together. We all have our own destinations that are right for us, and some of you will continue to develop new journey plans as you reach your destinations, some won't, but we know that we are not journeying alone, we have caring and support and SO many things to be greatful for along the way.
Have a wonderful day of thankfulness, and as we say our family prayer of blessings and gratitude at dinner today, you will ALL be in my thoughts.
Kellene, Bill, Savanah, Kyndra, Jeremiah, Krista, Forrest, Garrett, and the VanDorn Zoo.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Kellene VanDorn
Double Diamond Team Leader
www.ourcandleclub.com
photo by Kellene VanDorn
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