Attitude of Gratitude – 2018-03-22
It is so easy to be disrespectful and overlook the contributions of others in our life. We draw attention to ourselves, “look at me and what I did/endured…” with the intent of making ourselves look like either a victim or a victor (both sides of the narcissist coin)…
When we negate or diminish the roles of those who are there to support us, when we try to make it look like we did it alone… we are being so disrespectful to those amazing people God put in our lives.
An attitude of gratitude… wow, this was really hard, but God showed up big time… I called this person for prayer and help… this person helped with… my family did this… is so much different than “poor me.” There are few of us who truly have to go through our struggles alone… but there are those who chose to.
In a relationship, identifying “I” instead of “we” often shows a lack of commitment to the relationship and a lack of respect for your spouse. When you choose to assign responsibility to your spouse for your husband, it shows a victim mentality rather than accepting personal responsibility. It screams “high maintenance” as opposed to a partnership.”
We choose whether to be a victim or a victor… but gratitude in the little things helps prevent them from becoming big things.
It is so easy to be disrespectful and overlook the contributions of others in our life. We draw attention to ourselves, “look at me and what I did/endured…” with the intent of making ourselves look like either a victim or a victor (both sides of the narcissist coin)…
When we negate or diminish the roles of those who are there to support us, when we try to make it look like we did it alone… we are being so disrespectful to those amazing people God put in our lives.
An attitude of gratitude… wow, this was really hard, but God showed up big time… I called this person for prayer and help… this person helped with… my family did this… is so much different than “poor me.” There are few of us who truly have to go through our struggles alone… but there are those who chose to.
In a relationship, identifying “I” instead of “we” often shows a lack of commitment to the relationship and a lack of respect for your spouse. When you choose to assign responsibility to your spouse for your husband, it shows a victim mentality rather than accepting personal responsibility. It screams “high maintenance” as opposed to a partnership.”
We choose whether to be a victim or a victor… but gratitude in the little things helps prevent them from becoming big things.