Your attitude determines your altitude. Feeling sorry for yourself is the worst thing you can do. Stay away from victim mentality by being thankful for your blessings. You may publish this article if the resource box is left intact.

Everyone has times of feeling down in the dumps. When your project fails it naturally, generates some negative feelings. Going through the same motions in your routine can make you blue from boredom. You need to tell yourself to snap out of it, but it is not always easy.

One way to give the boot to the blues is to count your blessings. The song about counting your blessings was so popular because everyone can do it. If you live in America, you have blessings that the people of most of the world can only dream about. We have problems, but it is still the best system in the world. Our paper boys make more money that most adults in some other countries. We throw away more food than many people in other countries have to eat. The freedom of speech is a great blessing. In many countries you have to watch what you say, or you could be arrested.

An attitude of gratitude is a way of life. The late President John F. Kennedy expressed a great truth in one of his campaign speeches: