Gratitude

I make it a practice each morning that before I get out of bed, I thank God for the day.  I thank him for my health, my family and for protecting the people in my life.  Only today, I heard back from him....  I heard, "I'm glad you're grateful.  Now jump up out of that bed and ACT Grateful".  So, I threw the covers off and started my day much earlier than is typical.  And I had an amazing day.  I've had energy and taken care of tasks that have been sitting in my to-do "stack" for way too long.   

Acting Grateful is about action.  It's about making things happen, not just Being Grateful.  It takes both.  I'm grateful I have my health, but I wasn't making the time to go to the gym.  I'm grateful I have fabulous clients to work with who challenge me, but I wasn't jumping up to exceed their expectations.

I am grateful.  But now I'm also acting grateful.  It's the realization that it takes both the idea and action for me to have the life I truly want.