Hello,

Welcome to the last month of the decade!
I pray this December for you will be a December to remember.

Looking back at the beginning of the year till this very moments,
there are so many things that God has done for me that I need to be
grateful for. It is said that most people remain stagnant at a spot
because they lack gratitude.

Yes, I personally had hopes dashed and disappointments in 2010. There
were things I set as goals that I have not achieved BUT it does not
prevent me from being thankful because as I take stock, I realize more
than ever that I have something to be thankful for.

It is only when you recognize the little you have that more doors of
abundance opens. Yes, I have not gotten enough money to buy my dream
Golf IV car or send my mum to the US for medical checkup or send my
siblings to the best of schools but there are alot of things to be
grateful for.

To this end, I am taking a stock of the things that God has done for
me this year to lay a fresh foundation for 2011.

Here is a little exercise. Open up your MS Word or notepad and just
make a list like this.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


Next start filling it up with things which looking back you can
say thank you to God for (ignore those things you have questions
about), starting with I am thankful for…


My list is pretty pretty long but let me just share some of them
(those not too personal).


I am grateful that;

1) I am alive, sound and healthy

2) No member of family is reported dead or lying in the hospital bed

3) I have amassed wealth of knowledge about internet that I am seen as
an expert/consultant

4) my reputation and character has not been soiled by any means; no
court case, no accusations

5) the journey I started 2003 to earn a degree in Petroleum
engineering has successfully come to an end with a 2.1 class of
degree. God, I thank you. May the souls of all fallen colleagues along
the path rest in peace.

6) I am seen as a solution provider than a liability. God, I am grateful.

7) for the 1st time, I was airborne (though locally, last year). God,
I am grateful

friends and network of people around me. It said that Your Network
Is Your Networth. With them, I feel everything I need is at my
fingertip. Isn't it? God, I am grateful.

9)

As you take this little exercise, you will realise how much
blessings you received this year no matter how ungrateful you
were some minutes ago and no matter how much you’d like to deny the
fact that you have no reason to be thankful.


That you have not died of hunger, that you have a home to return
to tonight and not sleep under the bridge, that you are still
married and not divorced, are ALL reasons to be thankful.


When you perform this exercise, I am sure everybody reading this
will go beyond 10 things to be thankful for and that shows you
two things:


* No matter how much you’d like to deny it, you have a reason to
rejoice.
* If all those wonderful things happened to you this year, then
30days it too much time for more to happen. Remember, God
created the world in just 7days of creation.


Take Stock – Give Thanks!

Till tomorrow.

Ciao!