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Learn how to use the power of gratitude to sustain a positive, optimistic attitude. Learn how gratitude can keep your frustrations and setbacks in perspective. Award winning speaker, Dr. Terry Paulson, helps you count your blessings instead of the problems!
Welcome here as -- as her optimism resilience and hope. Abducted her policy your -- for another five minute roller coaster ride understanding how you can claim your own optimism advantage. Centuries ago Roman orator and politician Cicero said. Gratitude is not only the greatest of all her issues. But the apparent to all the others. -- tropical holocaust survivor and author man's search for meaning realize the power reflecting on one's blessings.

During the predawn march to work on laying railroad tracks and other prisoner wondered out loud about the fate of their lives. Young problem began to think about his own wife and realized that she was present within him. He wrote.

The salvation of man is through love and -- month. I understand how Amanda was nothing left in the world still -- bliss be it only for brief moment in the contemplation of his beloved. Dennis Prager talk show host and author of happiness is a serious problem -- There is a secret to happiness and his gratitude. All happy people are grateful and ungrateful people cannot be happy.

Reason to think that it is being unhappy that leads people to complain but it is true to say that it is complaining. That leads to people becoming unhappy. Become grateful. And you'll become a much happier person. I try to be happy unless something happens that makes me unhappy rather unhappy. And -- something makes me happy. There isn't powered gratitude in a sense of Thanksgiving. Help sustain a positive optimistic attitude unrealistic expectations are sure to unhappiness and disappointment. Optimists hope for more. Not from LS. Why. Expressing gratitude keeps -- frustrations and setbacks in perspective stressful worried and -- thoughts are incompatible at the same time. Instead of focusing on the problems on -- to do is try counting its blessings. Doctor Jonas Brothers suggests cannot -- every single thing large and small that makes your life worthwhile including your own innate talents. When you quantified these things gratitude the mighty river to happiness begins -- journey through your personal. You know -- pits people. Every time I talk to make complain academy is the pitch this company is the -- -- pat your pockets. After thirty minutes without -- person everyone's morale was sent. Don't get stuck playing the complain game. In daily conversations trying more thankful -- upbeat response when people ask you how's it going -- I'm just blessed out there I'm living the dream. Spread if you smiles watching attitudes left. Recently two teams build their business on teachers with a positive message life is good.

They have replicate the T shirts and stuff. New media may make a living bringing you the worst of the people making things happen in the world don't have time to watch they're too busy inventing the future they want live. Something possessions will bring happiness.

Politics is a disaster proof we're really matters. Its your loved ones not your luxuries that count. Life is less about what you lost them more about what you do what you have left. Many spent years getting more things to fit into bigger and bigger houses only to spend their last year's going smaller and craving simplicity.

France's Johnson wrote if we pass on our attention now what we have rather -- what we lack of -- -- well this fish. I'd rather be rich and poor the rich is don't always produced optimistic -- the months and worries of the rich just involve more expensive taught. There's a reason so many faiths encourages spirit of Thanksgiving. Judaism encourages morning prayers to be thankful for the routine blessings of life. When believers over their eyes in the morning and thank god that they are still alive thank god that the bodies still functioning. Before they take a bite of breakfast they think god that they still have food. That same spirit of Thanksgiving is evident in the Christian faith. The apostle Paul writing to Christians and -- firearm. Rejoice in the -- always I will say it again rejoice. A huge -- be evident to all of the lord is near do not be anxious about anything. And everything by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your -- to -- in the -- -- -- which transcends understanding. Will guard your hearts minds. Reinhold neighbor -- what has come to be treasured as -- serenity prayer. Got -- the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change things I can't though wisdom to know the difference. So on summer. She used to be thankful. Your blessings more than your problems. Instead of dwelling on what might have been look for the unexpected openings that present new opportunities you don't want to miss. Trade your preoccupation with things out of your control with constructive action. Be thankful for the exciting adventure ahead as you were turned -- an even better future one day at a time. Okay so what are you thankful for. Until next time.

This is doctor Terry Paulson at WWW Terry Paulson dot com. Thanks for watching.

词汇讲解

【词汇讲解】

1.sustain vt. 承受，支持，经受，维持

如：The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal.
法庭确认他的要求正当，宣布该合同不合法。

Hope alone sustained him in his struggle.
在奋斗中，只有希望支持着他。

2.frustration n. 挫折，令人沮丧的东西

如：The cat sat in front of the bird cage in an agony of frustration at being so near and yet so far.
猫无可奈何地坐在鸟笼前，眼看着鸟儿近在咫尺，可怎么也够不着。

It's healthier to release frustration than to bottle it up.
受挫折后发泄一通比强忍着对身体有益。

3.contemplation n. 注视，沉思，打算

如：She seemed lost in contemplation.
她似乎已陷入浑然忘我的沉思中。

Each morning the priest spent an hour in quiet contemplation.
每天早晨神父静静地沉思一小时。

4.dwell vi. 居住，存在，冥想，详细阐述

如：Don't dwell on past failures.
不要老是想着过去的失败。

How his words dwell in my mind!
他的一席话在我的脑海里经久难忘。

5.constructive adj. 建设性的，构造上的，作图的

如：I can not figure out why they ridicule this constructive suggestion.
我弄不懂他们为什麽嘲笑这一建设性建议。

It was regrettable that such great issues had to be the thrust and parry of a general election. But at least the debate should be constructive.
如此重大的问题不得不成为大选中人们激烈辩论的议题，这很令人遗憾。可这场辩论至少应该是建设性的。