A good farmer begins by preparing the land and planting the best seeds of whatever crops he wants to harvest. The Biblical saying that you reap what you sow is a law no one can reverse. If you want to reap corn or oranges, you plant corn or oranges. If, for some reason, you want thorns, you plant thorns. You cannot plant a particular crop and hope to reap a different crop type. In the same way, you cannot harvest an attitude of gratitude unless you sow the seeds of thankfulness. The “I,” “Me,” “Mine.” Self-glorification crops we sow today, laced with greed, discontent, and competition, will surely be the fruit of ingratitude we reap tomorrow. We live in a world that offers a gazillion of stuff, unlimited entertainment, instant gratification, and knowledge unparalleled to what we have ever known. Yet, our generation is more ungrateful and dissatisfied than previous generations. We are reaping a bumper harvest of the fruit of ingratitude. Start sowing the seeds of contentment, appreciation, mercy, kindness, generosity, humility, and so forth, and you will reap a harvest of a thankful spirit.
