Lerato learns about the Power of Gratitude

I travel often and find myself in OR Tambo Airport a few times a month and I normally can’t resist going to the Kauai store to buy myself something delicious instead of settling for nasty, bland aeroplane food.

About a year ago I met Lerato, a woman who works at Kauai and would always greet me with a friendly ‘aloha’ and beautiful smile and she would always be cheerful and vivacious - that was until November last year. I walked up to the Kauai counter expecting my usual fun interaction with Lerato (which of corse includes sprinklings of Fairy Dust) but this time I was greeted by a long, sullen face and a bad attitude. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she wasn’t enjoying her job, she was hating it in fact and wanted to find something else. I suggested to her that while she may start looking for another job, in the meantime she should start getting GRATEFUL for everything that she has now, she should look at her life and then take a piece of paper and write down all the things that she is grateful for and see how her life suddenly gets transformed.

She didn’t quite believe me, but she agreed to do the “Gratitude List” anyway… and a few months later I was back in the airport and popped past the Kauai and there she was, back to her bubbly, happy self…. take a look at what she has to say about what she has learned about the power of gratitude.

What have you got to be grateful for?

How has being grateful transformed thngs in your life?

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