Dentist, are you grateful?

Wanting what you have…seems like an oxymoron in our current culture where if we can’t afford to HAVE IT we simply finance it.  It’s amazing to see a 7% drop in consumer spending for things we don’t need but WANT.  Then when we get them, we simply WANT MORE.

Timothy Miller wrote a book in 1995 that I’ve read 50 times…HOW TO WANT WHAT YOU HAVE!

I suggest you read it.  Step one to ever being happy with what you have is GRATITUDE. Interesting that in Lee Brower’s new book, The Brower Quadrant, he also focuses on the importance and power of gratitude.

It’s a proven fact that people who are grateful for what they have, perform better and have a much more profound impact on their life and the lives of others.

Two other elements that Timothy Miller writes about are ATTENTION…being actually present to what is going on right now and COMPASSION.  I find that people who really try to understand us become much more involved with life and come much closer than those who feel and show little compassion for others.

But in the end, how can anyone WANT WHAT THEY HAVE, it they DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.  So many dentists have lives that contradict their core values, or go against NATURE’S PRINCIPLES of human behavior. No matter who you are, you’ll never BE HAPPY, CONTENT OR GRATEFUL if you don’t focus on and act on what you TRULY VALUE AND WANT.  

And you’ll also have a very difficult time feeling GRATEFUL if all you do is PROBLEM SOLVE.

We all have problems and we all must face our problems and do something about our problems. But its far better to FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT…the ONE THING THAT CAN AND WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

When I wrote THE SCIENCE OF CREATING WEALTH…I did so because we all have so much more potential…I think one of the major reasons the majority of us fail to even come close to our God given potential is because we ARE NOT GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE.

Think on these things.

Dr. Michael Schuster 

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