Gratitude

It is amazing how being grateful places a new perspective on every situation. Earlier this week, I was talking to a friend who was talking about her fear of dying young. While I don't face the same health challenges as her, I have witnessed others I love face similar challenges with faith, optimism and unrelentless courage. And, the best advice, the only advice, I know for certain that works is to focus on what you do have and what can you can accomplish while you are alive. For every day that you focus on what you don’t have, you are wasting precious moments and time.

This conversation came in the midst of a very busy week here at Boundless Innovations. And, while it has been an emotional, nerve wrecking, and extremely interesting week, it is Friday; and, we stand here immensely grateful. We are grateful to have made it through a very trying week. We are grateful for being able to do good work for good people. We are grateful for God designing us as a "Force" to assist PRP's and OMHC's in designing systems to provide quality services to some of the most deserving people on the planet.

And, when we look back on how far God has brought us as individuals and as a business, we are grateful. When we realize that every hardship is an experience that can be utilized to help someone else, we are grateful. When we reflect on the clients that we have been able to assist in navigating new paths in their lives, we are grateful. Every moment we laugh, cry and feel exhilarated with a new idea, we are grateful.

However, it is not that fleeting type of gratitude; it is the type of gratitude that exists deep down in the pit of our souls...the kind that only God places within you. It is the kind that you can lean upon because you know that the grueling, present moment too shall pass. It is derived from a place that is more powerful than any of us could dare to take credit for because it comes from a source that is so magnanimous. And, so often we claim gratitude when things get awry and we feel defeated, for we know that somehow the current situation will get resolved, will blow over, or will lead us to higher ground!

Filled with gratitude,

MM