For those of you with a Facebook account (I really recommend that you get one) there is a group called “Successful and Fabulous People”
that has asked me to be a contributing writer. I submitted this post today, if you like the concept of this group, please join. I invite your comments on this post, please feel free to add to the conversation!
Live a life of gratefulness!
Greetings to all the Successful and Fabulous people out there!
I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, and say thank you very much to the lovely Nicole for adding me to the group, and asking that I contribute and impart a few “words of wisdom”, or a least, a spark of inspiration and motivation that we all need from time to time.
My name is Chuck Palm, from the very beautiful city of Tampa, FL. I am a husband of 20 years, father of 2, and a prolific Podcaster, which means I never know when to shut up! I am so blessed in many ways to be doing what I love, for myself, for more than 10 years now. I can tell you, there were plenty of times I have been down, depressed, anxious, and nervous, to the point of sleeplessness, and not for lack of motivation, but lack of perspective!
I’m not one for giving too much advice, in fact, I consider myself a storyteller, a “raconteur”, someone who relates things to events that everyone can understand. That being said, I get plenty of it, and most of it, I seek out myself. The free advice I get unsolicited, is usually worth every penny! The most sage advice I have ever received, has come from many sources, but it all leads me back to the same thing. To become successful, you need to be grateful! Not the other way around! Money does not make people happy, success is not the measure of money, and fame can totally wipe you out, if you let it get to you! So, when do you have time to be grateful? Every day when I open my eyes, I am thankful for the sight I’ve been give to see all the wondrous things in creation, l cannot begin to describe how lucky I am to be alive, at this very moment in time!
Do I ever fall back, get depressed, or disheartened? You bet! Every day we feel the cold, hard slap of reality across our cheeks, just to remind us that we are human, and like anything human, you need work. You need to constantly work on yourself, your image, your value, your attitude, everything! Everybody has a bad hair day now and again! My suggestion is to wash it! Wash away your bad hair day, use a bit of conditioner, (like inspirational music, words, a “good book”, you choose!) and just start over. The brilliance of life is that we get an infinite amount of “do-overs”, just like sandlot baseball.
Take the time to write up a list of just the smallest things in life that you have to be grateful for, and then, write down all your troubles, large and small on the other side of the sheet. If you were honest, II’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that your list of life’s “little” blessings FAR outweigh your troubles, and you’ll have a bit of perspective about gratefulness.
I look forward to your comments and feedback, feel free to submit them through the group, or on my blog at www.chuckpalm.com . Thanks for your kind attention, here’s to your success!
All my Best,
Chuck Palm
