Safety Moment - The Power of Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reflection

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If I could give you one piece of advice, and I don't make any pretense that

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I can, so don't get all weird and preachy and say I'm being weird and preachy, right?

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But if I could give you one piece of advice, I think the piece of advice I'd

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give you is to be grateful. I don't think so.

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Hey, everybody. Pre-accident investigation safety moment. This is the special

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Thanksgiving United States episode for 2021. I almost said 2012.

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What would that have meant? 2021 is what I'm thinking.

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And that is the power of gratitude. So it's

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the one lesson the universe continuously teaches me

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And that is that when times get rough And it gets crappy And the world is filled

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with uncertainty And there's pandemics and global shortages of toilet paper

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And gas prices are really high And cars are unavailable And just pick anything

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you want People are mean, right?

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You get kicked out of Uber When those things are really bad Of course our response

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is to meet pain with pain to meet anger with anger.

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Of course, that's our response. It's kind of an old school response,

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but that's our response. But that's probably not the right response.

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In fact, what I'm trying every day to teach myself is that when things get especially

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rough, step back and think about what you have.

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Think about all the things that have gone well.

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Think about the normal, typical life you lead and how more good things happen than bad things.

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And think about the people that have entered your life and the world in which

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you live and your friends and family, your co-workers, your peers, your associates.

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And think about what you have to be thankful for because that's a way healthier way to approach that.

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Because choosing to be angry is entirely your choice.

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Choosing to meet pain with pain is a retributive response, but not a restorative response.

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Gratitude, however, gratitude makes you think, wow, I can do this because a

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lot of people, a lot of systems, a lot of training, a lot of experience is there

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to support me on the journey as I move forward.

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So for Thanksgiving 2021, I would remind us of the power of gratitude.

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It's worth it. It's It's important.

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It's everything. Learn something new every single day. Have as much fun as you

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possibly can. Be good to each other. And for goodness sakes, be safe.

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