I have been lucky in my career to train with excellent people.

One of them has been author and parent educator Steven Glynn. He came to Tallahassee in the early ’80s, when he was just starting out, and I was happy to learn a lot from him in that training.

One of the many things that has stuck with me is Steven Glynn’s definition of abundance. According to Glynn:

“In terms of the world, you have abundance if, when you wake up in the morning, you can choose what to eat, what to wear, what job to go to, and how to get there.”

That quote certainly puts all our efforts for more and our discontent into perspective, doesn’t it?

My guess is that everyone reading this article has a choice of what to eat, what to wear, a job to go to, and a way to get there. If you don’t have a job right now, you have a way to get one.

I also guess that within five miles of where you are, you could find those that don’t have these things.

This definition of abundance, when taken into account, can lead to only one worldview:

gratitude.