7 Keys to Building a Character of Gratefulness

I attended church yesterday and the sermon notes are listed here in brief.

The 7 Keys to Building a Character of Gratefulness.

Begin with God.

Count your Benefits/Blessings.

Simplify expectations.

Adopt a forgiving perspective.

Identify your benefactors.

Make time to thank.

Express your thanks clearly and overtly - in words, deeds and gestures.

The Grace of God

I like to mention about the Grace of God in my life not to create resentment or jealousy but to expound on the goodness of our Heavenly Father. It was God's blessings that I found my job from the internet and have been gainfully employed from home since 2004 till now. The internet certainly holds many wonders and creates a lot of opportunities for ordinary people like me. Using my skills gleaned from learning and reading web sites, I am able to design a web site, edit photos using Photoshop and do much more with my humble laptop at home. And I never looked back since then.

Are you a Child of God?

Are you a Christian yet? If not, it is better to say the sinner's prayer with someone to guide you and become a Christian by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. When you become a Christian, you will have eternal life in heaven, a mansion to live in where Jesus has prepared for us while we are still living here on earth. Jesus' painful cruxificion on the cross is to redeem mankind from their sins and to reconcile us with our Heavenly Father. You see, Jesus took our place of curse and suffering and poverty while we take his place of blessings, riches and God's favor.

Life of God's Grace

As a child of God, our Heavenly Father, we will inherit our riches in heaven with mansions, etc. We don't have to earn it, but just accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour to get our inheritance in the after life. This is God's unmerited grace of favor to his children. We are no longer under condemnation but under blessings one after another that sometimes it is hard to believe it. When you believe right, you will live right. And blessings of undeserved favor will come right smack in your life. That's the promise God has for His children.

Depuy Hip Lawsuit

My aunt is a lawyer with her own firm of Advocates and Solicitors in Shenton Way, Singapore back in the 1990s and she is now retired from work but not from the internet. She keeps herself active by surfing to the various web sites and read up blogs of interests to keep her mind active and to help prevent Alzheimer's Disease, a debilitating sickness that slowly kills the brain cells leading to eventual death. My nephew is also a successful lawyer who graduated from Australia and he was offered a job even before finishing school because he did very well in his exams.

Anyway, on August 26, 2010 Depuy Orthopedics, owned by Johnson & Johnson, announced a recall of 93,000 hip replacement systems due to a large number of people experiencing pain and swelling so severe that a second hip replacement surgery became necessary. At O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath, our attorneys understand that your hip problems may not be your fault – instead, possibly due a defective Depuy Hip Implant. Our expertise and experience, combined with our highly trained staff, make us uniquely well-equipped to handle even the most complex products liability claims. You can check out Depuy lawsuit by clicking on the link or contact O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath – Personal Injury Lawyers – 808 West Avenue, Austin, TX. 78701 – 512-494-9949

Faith, Hope and Love

Faith, Hope and Love; of these the greatest is Love. It tells us to love our families, parents, spouses, etc. Even our neighbors, regardless of how obnoxious some of them can be. Because of love, we were conceived in our mother's womb and out of the millions of sperm, only one managed to penetrate the egg and that's how life began. So we are all born a success, and not a failure. We are born to be winners and become leaders. We are born to contribute to society and do our part in charity. With love, we can achieve a lot of things in life that a destitute cannot, devoid of love. Parental unconditional love is important to the normal and successful upbringing of the offspring so that he can be a normal adult later on.

Blessed with More than Enough

I thank God every day with more than enough to eat, spend, etc. This is the year of the rabbit and it heralds a new beginning for the coming Chinese New Year. I just came back from Kuala Lumpur for a short business trip that was successful. More projects to get started with and it spells a new beginning. I am happy to have a job to work at home comfortably in my pajamas and to work when I am ready. I can also nap when I need to at anytime of the day. Despite my freedom and privilege, I never take advantage of the goodwill bestowed upon to me by the company unlike some ex-colleagues who cannot wake up on time and is habitually late for work even to 2 hours or even more - Only God knows!