Positive thinking by itself does not work. Your embodied vision, partnered with vibrant and energetic thinking, and balanced with active listening, followed with intentional action - will clear the path for your miracles.
~ Sumner Davenport
Your Self was created in the image and likeness of your creator. How can you believe that your self can be improved? Self improvement is contradictory to your creation.
Never fear having your ideas stolen. Your creative idea is a image you are painting like a picture on a canvas, they may steal your idea, however they cannot steal your paints.
It is not what happens to you or for you that makes you grateful. It's how you respond to what is happening, that shows your belief about gratitude.
When it looks like everyone is against you, look inside for the truth.
When you grow and rise above the masses, you will always become a target. Just as the flower grows above the grass, it becomes a target for the nourishment of the rays of sunshine, it also becomes a target to be cut down.
Living your life through Gratitude, is not one of comparing how you are better than someone else; or Gratitude only for what you own or obtain or achieve. Living your life through Gratitude, is seeing that the world would be missing something very valuable if you were not in it.