Cultivating a Attitude of Gratitude

How can positive thoughts Help you?

What is the first thing that you think about when you wake up in the morning?

Maybe you’re like most people and you just want to go back to bed.  How do you think you would feel if instead of thinking about how much you are dreading  the start of the day, you instead started your day off with thoughts of the things in your life that you have to be grateful for?  Like the fact that you are alive and that you get to spend another day on this beautiful planet that we live on?  That’s an easy one.  We wake up every single day with literally hundreds of things to be grateful for.  Things like the ability to see, to taste, to touch, to smell, to hear, to walk, water, food, shelter, I could go on and on.  The first thought that comes into your head when you wake up can have a dramatic impact on how the rest of your day is going to go.  In a study done by the Mayo clinic they found that positive thinking can have the following benefits:

• Increased life span
• Lower rates of depression
• Lower levels of distress
• Greater resistance to diseases such as the common cold
• Better physiological and physical well-being
• Reduced risk of death due to cardiovascular disease
• Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress

 When you become grateful and aware of all the blessing that you have in your life, you realize that there is far too much in this world to be thankful for to waste a minute focused on the negatives in life.  When I was a kid growing up in San Diego I remember several times when we did not have water to take showers, electricity for the lights and fridge, and many times that we had to go to bed hungry.  These are not situations that I look back on in sadness.  It’s the complete opposite actually.  I am instead

 eternally thankful for those experiences because they gave me a much greater appreciation for the blessings I currently have in my life.  Taking a moment each day to assess the reality of our lives can change your outlook in a very positive way.  In the words of Gandhi “your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”  If you wish to achieve greatness and live a happy and  productive life, start first with the thoughts you allow to fill your mind.  By cultivating an attitude of gratitude you will find that your life is filled with countless blessings and that your days can be as bright as you wish them to be.

TRWSpeaks Motivational Speaking

All my life I have felt that I was put on this earth to do something great.  Throughout my life I have encountered several hardships including being made fun of and bullied as a kid, the loss of several loved ones, as well as years of depression.  Dealing with and overcoming those different scenarios taught me the importance of believing in and loving yourself, to surround yourself with positive people, and that time heals all wounds.  When I think about it, my life reminds me a lot of the movie Slumdog Millionaire.  It has consisted of several very unfortunate events and circumstances but in the end they have made me into a very loving and empathetic person who enjoys nothing more then helping people deal overcome the roadblocks in life and improve themselves, which is why I made the decision to pursuit a career in motivational speaking.

In January of 2010 I made one of the greatest decisions of my life and joined the United States Navy.  I can honestly say that I would not be the man I am today if I had not joined the service.  It has taught me the importance of working together as a team to accomplish a common goal, that true leadership is not about giving orders but guiding by example, and that true satisfaction comes in the service of others.  When I say serving others I don’t mean doing what other people tell you, I mean helping your fellow man and woman because it is the right thing to do.

In June of 2014 I was given two blessings.  I was promoted to First Class Petty Officer and my son was brought into this world.  Holding my son in my arms for the first time made me realize that it wasn’t just about me anymore.  I had to make sure that my son knew that there was nothing in this world that he could not do and that if he had a dream he should go for it.

On January first of 2015 I began a quest to find my purpose.  The answer came in the form of a Youtube video.  I was looking for inspiration and found it in a man known as Les Brown a world renowned motivational speaker.  After listening to him speak, I felt like doors in my brain that had been shut my whole life had suddenly been opened.  I remember thinking to myself, “that is what I was put on the earth to do”.  I was born with very few passions; writing, public speaking, and giving counsel.  Luckily for me there is a profession the utilizes all of those skills, Motivational Speaking.  Once I made the decision to pursuit that career path I knew that I needed to enhance every aspect of my life and if I wanted to be successful I needed stop thinking about it and start taking action.

Over the past several months I have created a system that has allowed me to take my dreams and turn them into reality.  I am currently in the best shape of my life, my mind is sharper and more alert then ever, and I have an indescribable sense of inner peace.  The inner peace that comes only when you are living your life by your own set of morals and principles and you are consistently pursuing self-improvement and the achievement of your goals and dreams.  I did not attend a university and the information I talk about is not from a text book.  They are the words of a man who was faced with everything that was meant to keep him down who instead decided to choose a more optimistic path which helped him enhance every aspect of his life.  I’ve decided to spend the rest of my life helping people eliminate the negative facets of theirs lives and begin to live the lives of greatness that we are all capable of.

Make the decision today to join me on the path to becoming your “Ultimate Self”!!!!