20200216 Quote from movie D-Train

Watched several movies today, one of which was called "D-Train" with Jack Black and (the dreamy) James Marsden.  They have sex in the movie, which I found to be unbelievable & amazing.

But at the very end of the movie, Dan (Jack Black) quotes Oprah Winfrey:

BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU'LL END UP HAVING MORE.
IF YOU CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU WILL NEVER, EVER HAVE ENOUGH.

I can easily LIST what I DO HAVE.  I've done that many times throughout my life.  Sometimes I've written them down, but mostly I've just thought about it.

But the advice is to CONCENTRATE ON and BE GRATEFUL FOR what I DO HAVE.  That's more than just thinking about it, or just making a list, and then possibly forgetting it.

I don't forget everything, but I do "lapse" a lot.... I don't do the GRATITUDE REVIEW that I learned from LDS Church, from teachers, from Dr. Pruitt.

So rather than resume my "SLLLAVERS" routine (which would also be a good idea), I will replace my morning routing - for now - with a GRATITUDE REVIEW.

I'll start it tonight, and then I'll do it again tomorrow morning, and every morning.

GRATITUDE REVIEW

1.  Family:
Joe - for his enthusiasm & entreprenneural spirit.
Chrissy - for her level-headedness and willingness to work.
Ada - for her happy dancing
Ethan - for his intellectual pursuits
Elliot - for his enthusiasm for music and sports
Oliver - for his frank assessment of what is real
Lisa - for her eneregy and enthusiasm and high achievement
Rodney - for his patience and level-headedness
Lyla - for her many talents, including piano, dance, drama, and for her patience
Eli - for his sensitivity and excitement about his toys
Cub - for his cuteness and smile
Teresa - for her bewildering willingness to still love me
Other relatives - for so many reasons for all of them.
Mom - for teaching me how to pray
2.  Friends:
David - for his patient friendship and love
Jeannie - for her long-suffering willingness to love David
Dr. Pruitt - for his life lessons, such as this one:  GRATITUDE REVIEW
George - for his undying enthusiasm for learning, for being helpful to others, and his inspirational living
Marie - for her undying fight with cancer, and her achievement ($) with which she is so generous.
Eric & Arno - for their life-long friendship
Woody & Emily - for their heroic efforts in facing Emily's debilitating illness
The "Singles" - for their fights against the difficult challenges of their lives.
3.  Groups:
Gamofites - for the chance to learn how to better deal with being a gay mormon father.
Lavender Effect - for the chance to learn about non-profits, foundations, and fund-raising
Other Friends - for the love, friendship & associations I share with so many people in my life.
The Leaders of Churches and Nations - for their words and deeds (hopefully honest) which support our freedoms and our democratic system of self-governance.


4.  Self
for good health,
for the means to live a reasonably good life,
for the courage and energy to go back to work (if needed),
for a brain that works most of the time