Recently, I interviewed my good friend Tim Timmons for the Spirit Farm Podcast. (Subscribe to the podcast! Tim’s Interview will release in December.)

Tim has lived with terminal cancer for 14 years. Which is amazing, since he was originally given five years to live.

What’s more amazing is the WAY that Tim lives. He has an attitude of gratitude. Tim is making the most of his time—loving his family well, writing uplifting songs, pointing others to consider how we’re living all 10,000 of our weekly minutes. (www.10000minutes.com) He’s an inspiration to many.

I don’t want it to take a cancer diagnosis to get my attention. I want to choose inspiration before devastation.

Let’s be people who learn from guys like Tim, from blogs like Chewables… and choose gratitude now… in regular moments of normal days.

Have you decided yet how to integrate a pattern of gratitude into your day/week? Now’s the time.

Is it a morning habit?
Meal routine?
Nightly closure?
All of the above?

If the idea of a consistent habit is daunting, don’t let it be. If you forget or miss, who cares! Just begin again. And again… and again…