An Attitude of Gratitude

[ATeam]

Thanksgiving is obviously a time for giving thanks. At a deeper level, gratitude is a life-enhancing practice. It is a state of mind that you can turn on or off as you wish. The following exercise is good for lifting one's spirits. Try it and see.

Requirements:

1. A pen or pencil
2. Paper to write on
3. 15 to 30 minutes of quiet time.

Procedure:

1. List 100 items for which you are thankful. They can be profound, trivial, or in between. It does not matter what the items are, just list 100.

2. When your list is complete, check your mood. See if it improved.

 

[Tennesseahawk]

A dj said "I'm thankful the pilgrims didn't land in Florida, cause we'd be stuffing gator." :7

"If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

 

[Teflon]

I would be thankful for just the 15-30 minutes of quiet time.

 

[Broompilot]

How is this for Gratitude. How many times has this happened to you? Pull up to find out what dock I need to go into and announce "Your load is here" to only get that ##### off look with a bunch of passing the buck as you stand behind the window.

Does one think to themselves "Did I really bust my but to get this here on time?" I know its part of the business, but when a reciever is P.O. that your there cause they were not expecting you or you arrived earlier than expected. Why are we the sounding board or butcher block to be the target of there frustration?

Happened again last week in Austin, TX this city has a history for me of recieving loads in a bit of a temper.

I handled the situation with kit gloves and a big ole smile. Thought you aint gona ruin my day even though inside I was not having the joy of that a boy good job, when I and they should of been pleased for my efforts. Load was an hour and half early.

 

[ATeam]

That's just part of the expediting game. We've had it happen several times that a shipper is keen to get a load off his or her dock and onto our truck, and even more keen that we proceed without delay and arrive on time; only to find at the delivery that the consignee did not even know the freight was on its way and did not care one way or another that it arrived.

It could be the office people talking between themselves at the shipper and consignee did not get word down to the docks about the freight. It could be that the shipper totally screwed up and sent the freight to the wrong place. It could be any number of things that don't really matter. What matters is you did your job. You got the freight there safely and on time.