Windows of Opportunity

Pamela Glynn
Nov 5 · 2 min read
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Jim Rohn tells us: ‘There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens up the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.’

Have you noticed how giving thanks brings good feelings — a degree of warmth infusing your being?

The reverse is true when we judge ourselves or others, or when we harbor resentment about how life is treating us. Then there tends to be a cold sensation instead of a warm one.

It took me too long to realize this truth and do something about it.

What was the ‘something’?

I discovered that the more I counted my blessings, the more blessings I had to count.

Equally, the more I expressed dissatisfaction with my lot in life, the more reasons I seemed to have to be dissatisfied.

We all have blessings in our lives. Granted, some of us seem to have more than others! But that’s simply how life is.

Envy defeats the whole object of this little exercise. And it’s a good idea to remember that those who are envied aren’t necessarily happier than we are. They are probably striving for more and more material things instead of being thankful for all they already have.

They might even believe that material things, in themselves, bring happiness!

We all want to be happy, don’t we?

Looking for the good in our lives and in our world, however much this might seem to be disguised at times, is a great start.

Expressing thankfulness at every opportunity thereafter is a fab follow-on program.

Thanksgiving also, like Jim Rohn says, opens up the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow our way — and, as writers, or potential writers, we know how to make good use of those ideas, don’t we?


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Pamela Glynn

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Passionate about helping people and animals protect their wellness. Loves life and the after-life and their ability to surprise. Writes novels as P.G. Glynn

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