What Do *I* Have To Give?


"Appreciate where you are now, because where you are
later will be where you are 'now' then." (From the
audio series "Passion, Profit & Power!!!" by Marshall
Sylver)

That quote stopped me dead in my tracks today. It was
so simple and yet so profound that I literally had to
rewind the tape and replay it while I copied it down.

Ain't it the truth though? How many times have you
thought or even said out loud, "When *such-and-
such* happens, THEN I will be happy." This habit is so
prevalent you might think it's some new-age form of
'delayed gratification'?

The trouble is, most people get so good at this
'delayed gratification' that when something comes along
to be truly happy and grateful for, they either don't
recognize it or they simply don't know how to deal with
it.

I know this all too well. For years I struggled with
abundance in health, wealth, friends, happiness... you
name it. I did the chemotherapy thing. I declared
bankruptcy. I cut myself off from family and friends.
I was constantly miserable and getting worse by the
minute.

What made matters even worse was some of the books I
was reading. They kept saying, "If you want something,
give it away."

Stubbornly, I persisted in thinking, "Well, isn't that
the dumbest pile 'o hooey anybody could ever write.
Look at me! What do *I* have to give?"

Immediately I got my answer...

"GIVE THANKS!"

Of course, my first impulse was, "For WHAT?!"

I read the books again until I finally got a grasp on
the 'Law of Multiplicity' which states, "Whatever you
have in your life MULTIPLIES."

Well, I may not have been the greatest math student,
but even *I* could figure out that if I was trying to
multiply a POSITIVE RESULT with a NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, my
end result would always be NEGATIVE because it's a
mathematical principle! (Check it out: a positive
number X a negative number = a negative number...
ALWAYS!)

Don't you just hate it when someone says, "I TOLD YOU
SO!"

Well I started giving "Thanks"... slowly and rather
grudgingly at first. Then I was quickly reminded that,
"The Lord LOVES a cheerful giver." SHEESH! Alright,
already!

Soon enough, I started getting the habit of the
'gratitude attitude'.

Let me tell you, the difference is so radical, even my
wife doesn't recognize me anymore! She keeps telling
me, "I don't know who *YOU* are, but you are WAY BETTER
than the other guy who used to live here!"

My doctor and banker agree!

Hey, don't take my word for it. Try it yourself for a
month and see what amazing changes take place for you.

"Appreciate where you are now, because where you are
later will be where you are 'now' then."

The lights are on in Toronto,
Russ