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Is there something that you’re thankful right now? Here 21 Timeless Thoughts About Thankfulness. Which one triggers the most positive emotions in you?

“1. Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.”

Geoffrey F. Albert

“2. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”

Joaseph Addison

“3. Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.”

James Allen

“4. There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants — more than anything else — to become rich. As long as they don’t have the money, it’ll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they’ll understand how important other things are — and have always been.”
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Anita Loos

“5. I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

Elbert Hubbard

“6. If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.”

Oriental Proverb

“7. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

“8. Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.”

Bill Walsh

“9. The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”

John E. Southard

“10. As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.”

Adabella Radici

“11. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

G.K. Chesterton

“12. The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”

Henry Ward Beecher

“13. Praise the bridge that carried you over.”

George Colman

“14. If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”

Robert Quillen

“15. We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures”

Thornton Wilder

“16. If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”

Gerald Good

” 17. Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.”

Estonian Proverb

” 18. The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”

Eric Hoffer

” 19. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

Henry Ward Beecher

“20. When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”

George Canning

“21. When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them”

Chinese Proverb

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From the congested streets of Streatham in South London to the wandering goats and cows of Montego Bay is quite a journey. Robyn McMaster’s invitation to join Robert Hruzek’s My Home Town Meme is a lovely opportunity to reflect on 3 things that I love about Montego Bay, the tourist capital of Jamaica.

Animals At Large

I’ve lived about four miles outside Montego Bay for almost eleven years. I used to be awakened at abour 5:15 am by the daily “clump”, “clump” of cows’ hooves marching by my front door. This daily ritual was fascinating.

I learned that I never really get to “know” cows. I never had in depth conversations with them, yet I certainly learned to respect them.

The Parish Council has since put an end to the dairy procession, yet I still see a grizzled goatherd tending to his goats from time to time. I really enjoy being up front and personal with animals in a setting that isn’t as structured as a zoo.

How To Use Your Naturalistic Intelligence

A relative recently visited me and revealed, to my amazement, that I had a veritable bird sanctuary in my back garden. Sure, I’d seen, heard and enjoyed some woodpeckers and the occasional owl resting hauntingly on a telegraph pole outside our house, but the variety of hawks, nightingales, doctor birds and doves that he expertly pointed out to me was quite amazing.

A Look Out Of The Window

As Montego Bay is a tourist city, people mistakenly believe that those of us who are fortunate to live in the city spend all of our time on the beach. This isn’t my story, yet I’m blessed that Mother Nature’s fantastic gifts are always front, left and centre for even the hardest working Montego Bay resident.

Every morning, I look across the Caribbean sea and experence a wonderful tranquil scene. On Wednesday mornings, a cruise ship eases it’s way into the Bay. My gaze at the same view in the evening brings me a fantastic crimson screen as the fireball red sun sets gently over Negril in the western part of the island. I often sit on the balcony, peruse the view and write my journal.

Building Out Montego Bay

The cows are no longer around because Montego Bay is a growing, developing city, although the downtown area is still congested and needs serious planning. The city now boasts major highways and new hotels stretch throughout the north coast of the island.

In essence, my three favourite things about MOntego Bay are Mother Natures’ blessings of the animal kingdom, beautiful and inspiring scenery and human efforts to improve the physical environment.

Thanks for indulging my off topic reflection. I dedicate this article to the memory of my good friend and visionary Jamaican urban planner, the late Arlene Dixon. Arlene played a major role in inspiring me to make the life-changing decision to move from Streatham to Montego Bay.

Her spirit of humour and her razor sharp thinking lives on.

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Out in Montego Bay, we were very fortunate to be spared most of Dean’s wrath..just some very fierce winds and some heavy rain.

I feel for people in other parts of Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean that were affected by the hurricane and I hope that they will be able to put their lives back together.

I hope that Dean is now exhausted and won’t trouble the Cayman Islands, or anywhere else.

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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

William Arthur Ward

As Tune up your EQ reaches its 100th article, I want to thank all of you who have taken precious time from their busy schedule have a look at this blog. I can’t identify all of you, however, I can say how grateful I am to you for you interest and involvement.

I’d like to acknowledge everyone who has commented at Tune up your EQ or sent a trackback, so thank you to:

Suzette Bailey
Fay Barrett
John Bishop of the Emotional Mastery Website
Ed Brenegar of the Leading Questions Blog

Jeanette Campbell
Carnival of Powerful Living
Lennox Deane
Joshua Freedman of Six Seconds

Chris Garrett of the Chris Garrett on New Media Blog
Eileen Heaven
Ray Hobby
Jenny of the Enuff Blog

Jeremy
Dr. Robyn McMaster of the Brain Based Biz Blog
Manchild of the When Least Expected Blog
Anthony Mersino of the EQ4PM Blog

Dawud Miracle of the Healthy Web Design Blog
MT of the Mind Tweaks Blog
Trevor Ramikie
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Tom Van Brunschot of the Transformation Economy Blog
Ellen Weber of the Brain Based Business Blog
Tanika Wiliams

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Vanessa Byers of the Vanessa Unplugged Blog
Yulia of the Meme Sponge Blog
Linda Zdanowicz of the Exceptional Dental Practice Management Blog

In the next post, I’ll say “thank you” to everyone who has linked to Tune up your EQ by sending links or by adding the blog to their blogroll.

I really am grateful to all of you for your interest and involvement. I’m really enjoying the experience. Enjoy your Emotional Intelligence Journey !!!

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“Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else. That is the first principle of creative accident. Failure can be productive only if we do not focus on it as an unproductive result. Instead: analyze the process, its components, and how you can change them, to arrive at other results. Do not ask the question ‘Why have I failed?’, but rather ‘What have I done?’

Quotation by Michael Michalko, Author of Thinking Like a Genius: Eight strategies used by the super creative, from Aristotle and Leonardo to Einstein and Edison.

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Can I put Michael Michalko ’s wise words into practice and share my 3 favourite blogging failures with you? This blog was supposed to be up and runnning in 2006. That never happened. Here’s why.

Failure#1: I Made A Dumb Designer Decision

I hired a designer and paid him some money. Nothing wrong with that. My big mistake was to hire a designer who didn’t deliver the work. Net result? much gnashing of teeth and frustration on my part. During that time, I regularly failed to observe my 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence.

However, by the time I did get going, I had a much better idea of what I was trying to do (do I hear you saying “oh really?”).

I spent the downtime learning and participating at some great blogs, the most useful of which was Dr. Ellen Weber’s Brain Based Business.
I eventually escaped blog design hell and found and worked with Chris Garrett, who designed this site. He did a great job with a minimum of fuss and he continues to be supportive (just yesterday he steered me through another Wordpress upgrade).

Failure#2 I Killed The First Comment That I Received

When you start a new blog, readers’ comments are like gold dust aren’t they? So if a blogger told you that he’d mastered Wordpress so well that he expertly deleted the first
comment that he received what would you think?

And if the person told you that he persevered and asked the commenter to try again, which she kindly did, you’d know that the blogger was determined, right?

But what if he stepped up boldly to the plate once more and …deleted the comment again ?

I was blessed because and the amazingly patient and supportive Dr. Robyn McMaster from the Brain Based Biz Blog was kind enough to post her comment one more time.

Failure#3 I Threw Too Many Ideas At You At Once

I’ve got lots more to choose from. I began to realise that throwing a trailer load of ideas at you all at once might not be the best way to encourage you to visit Tune up your EQ, so I began to slow down a little and aim to break the information down into (hopefully) more digestible parts.

I don’t like making mistakes, (do any of you?) The only person who doesn’t fail at some point in the day is the person who doesn’t get out of bed in the morning. I aim to learn from my failures. As time goes by I appreciate the learning lessons that came from the three failures that I’ve shared with you and I seek to do things differently because of what I’ve learned.

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PS Can I suggest that you have another look at the quote at the top of this article? Those are very wise words.

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