I remember my Dad telling me when I was growing up that I should be grateful for what I have while continuing to work on what I want.<\/p>\n
At the time,\u00a0I figured\u00a0he was just telling me one of those weird Dad things that never really seemed to make any sense in real life.<\/p>\n
I mean, how can you be happy with what you have and still want more? \u00a0You either already have what you want or you don’t, right?<\/p>\n
That’s just how we operate, however, we always want more.<\/p>\n
We always want what’s just around the next corner. We want that raise, that next project, or maybe just a hundred more followers on Twitter.<\/p>\n
We tell ourselves that those who are satisfied with what they have are simply lazy or lack ambition. So is it really possible to appreciate\u00a0what we have while still working for something more? \u00a0At what point does wanting more — become enough?<\/p>\n
At what point are we supposed to stop striving and\u00a0enjoy the life we’ve created?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not what we say about our blessings, but how Gratitude is for losers I remember my Dad telling me when I was growing up that I should be grateful for what I have while continuing to work on what I want. At the time,\u00a0I figured\u00a0he was just telling me one of those weird Dad things that never really seemed50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[553,552,550,551],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-quotes","tag-thanksgiving-day-blessing","tag-thanksgiving-day-quotes","tag-thanksgiving-quotes","tag-thanksgiving-sayings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/true-measure-of-thanksgiving-Spins.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Luu2-rE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skinnyartist.com\/pin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nwe use them that is the true measure of our thanksgiving.\u201d<\/em>
\n~W.T. Purkiser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"