I’ve seen the effects that gratitude has had on my life, reflected in my friendships and my children and, similarly, I have seen how feelings of inadequacy and ingratitude have had a weakening impact on my life.

I therefore strive to feel gratitude through prayer and meditation. Some mornings I wake up and meditate on gratitude. I actually have the ambition to generate deep feelings of gratitude. If I can reach those emotions then I try to hold them and reflect on them and use them to make decisions. If I can’t get that deep feeling of gratitude then I aspire to it and pursue that feeling throughout my day. So in that way my ambition to feeling gratitude propels me forward.

Similarly, you can feel gratitude for your ambitions, your passions, your desires. There’s nothing wrong with that. That is the nectar of youth and we can be grateful for it’s sweetness.

Ok, so you’re given us a choice between ambition and gratitude. Here’s the question:

Q: Do you want to be ambitious all the time, grateful all the time, or both, but each half the time?

Here’s my answer:

A: Why can’t it be both all the time?

That is definitely something to consider. Life is indeed a problematic affair.

I am thankful in every moment. Yet, every day I engage in activities that are moving me towards my goals. In the activities I am thankful. For example, one of my goals is to generate half million page views a month by the end of this year. While I write, comment, link, and communicate with other bloggers I am grateful. Grateful for the opportunity and courage to do it, and grateful for the connections. All while moving ambitiously towards my goal.

In Spirit,
Nneka