Here's the BIG idea of today's GEM -- By embracing an attitude of gratitude, I made a decision to be the hero of my story rather than the victim of my circumstance. Let's break this down into two parts...part one EMBRACING AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE... YOU HAVE AGENCY...YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE. The second part of this BIG IDEA -- when we EMBRACE an ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE we're also making THE DECISION to be the hero of my story rather than the victim of my circumstance. YOU HAVE THE POWER and the OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE GRATITUDE...and BY EMBRACING GRATITUDE -- write a BETTER STORY--- a story with YOU as VICTOR and not VICTIM.