We wanted to share this lovely letter that came to our:
Dear Rabbi,
I recently came across your video on making money where you recommended starting a day with writing down five things that you are truly grateful for.
I got your message and now its 30 days since i began doing it. Let me attest to it that my life has greatly changed and my perception about things has drastically changed from looking for negatives to positives.
One day our garden boy was slashing the grass outside and a stone hit the window of the car on the driver’s seat and it broke. When I was called to see what had happened, I naturally wanted to storm out wanting to question him why he couldn’t wait until I moved the car for him to slash, but inside me came a smile and saw that the window on the driver’s seat was much easier to replace than the front windshield screen which was also vulnerable at the time the stone was flying towards the car. I then couldn’t get angry at him but instead I said thank God it didn’t hit the front screen! In my small journal which I have entitled ”My Thank you Note to God” I wrote ”Thank you Lord that you spared the windshield””
Rabbi, this thing works! Today, I have found that the number of things that I am grateful about are way more than the things that are likely to bring worry. The sound of the birds singing in the morning, the morning breeze, the flowers in the gardens, the beautiful artistic drawings of the skies that keep changing like themes. etc.
When you develop the spirit of gratitude, you can never run out of what to thank God for.
Thank you for your message Rabbi
Yours sincerely,
Mathews S.
P.S. I am 33 years aged Zambian, Married with 1 child.
