Two wishes

Of all the things one could wish upon another, here are two that I believe we can all use. Thankfulness and purpose. We will often overhear someone say “I wish you well”, “we have confidence, you can do this”, which are positive, but the same can be said for hearing the negative too. People wish a lot of thing on others and it is not always good. Hearing another say “I hope they get what is coming to them”, that is normally a negative expression, as if when this happens it will be an opportunity to get even or see justice performed. I never want to wish negative things on folks. To be honest, the positive can be challenging enough to handle so I’m staying away from any negative wishes on any friends or foes of mine. Thankfulness and purpose are attitudes that I believe are a benefit that also work hand in hand with each other. Being thankful one could describe as a needed discipline almost. It appears that there are many that have no sense of thankfulness for anything, anyone, any experience or any opportunity. The only way, I suppose one develops such an attitude, is because of the lack of exposure to gratefulness. I can easily create a list of things that I’m thankful for and that list always begins with a list of names for me. People who took time from their lives and their families and who gave themselves and their time to invest into my life is a gift. Their gift I want to be thankful because I recognize its impact on my life. Time is a beautiful thing, especially after we have granted time the opportunity to grow and we can clearly spot the impact of another’s investment into our lives. Purpose and thankfulness work well together because once we can count the contribution of an opportunity before us, we can clarify our interest in things, we can consider directions we could go and we can set goals that will help us fulfill our new found purpose or we can re-established that which we allowed to fall by the way side because of distractions. Purpose is that moment in our lives when the lights go off, purpose is that moment when things align together and we see the bigger picture for the first time. Wishing luck, sending out good vibes, and hoping the best for folks is positive and I’m confident that no-one in their right thinking would reject such an attitude suggestion of good wishes. Yet, thankfulness and purpose, when embraced, appreciated and understood have a lifetime of change and impact. There are many expressions that describe a hand in hand connection. We comfortably say without any explanation, peanut butter and bread, cheese and crackers. These things we understanding clearly, but thankfulness and purpose might need little more attention on our part. An action plan for being thankfulness and an action plan on living with purpose changes everything. The next time you get ready to wish anything on a friend, neighbor or a family member, I’m suggesting you wish thankfulness and purpose. They might be a little taken back by your expression, but tell them “preacher” said, these two are good traveling companions, Until then