Day 3 – Honoring What You Have by Using It Well

“The greatest form of gratitude is not words—it is action.”

Gratitude is not proven by saying “thank you”—it is proven by what we do with what we have.  If you have strength, use it.  If you have knowledge, teach someone.  If you have the opportunity, pursue it fully.

Ask any teacher who doesn’t get a yearly card from you at Christmas.  No teacher expects such recognition.  It is expected that you were so involved with learning, understanding, and applying what they had to teach that you have used some of what you were taught in real life.

When we waste talent, ignore potential, or sit comfortably inside our blessings without growing, we dishonor what has been given. The greatest respect we can show to those who gave us the opportunity is to use it well.
Consider these gifts:

• Your body—take care of it?
• Your skills—practice and improve them?
• Your time—use it with intention?
  
  

Someone somewhere wishes for the chance you already have. Think of a child who wants schooling but cannot get it.  A person who wants to train but has no facility.  Someone whose body is too damaged to move freely.  Your strengths are privileges—and privileges must be used, not stored.

If someone who lacks what I have were allowed to trade places with me, would they use my blessings better than I am right now?