BRIT Gratitude

Driving a charity forward without lots of paid staff to intentionally keep overheads and running costs down means my schedule is busy.  Each week I draw together our gifted support by going from those meetings to then meet new people and organisations who are keen to become involved with The BRIT Pledge. I often get caught up in the day to day and forget to think about the other important things, like gratitude.  I am, however, a big fan of gratitude and rightly so. The British public has been fantastic at supporting me over the last few years and I truly appreciate their kindness and generosity of spirit.  With BRIT I have made a decision not to ask the public for funding so that existing charities are not affected; instead I hope they will get behind me by registering their moral support for BRIT on the website.  I find the generous spirit of people who get behind me rather humbling and I do get a little embarrassed on occasion as I want the focus to be on young people and not me. Even so, there are so many individuals and businesses that have supported and continue to support my vision and plans for BRIT. I won’t name all of them as that would take up the rest of the blog, but I do hope that I am good at letting those people know how grateful I am for their support.  As a child I learned about gratitude from my mum, Angela, who is a remarkably kind and gracious woman.  My dad, Mike, certainly set boundaries and as a teenager I didn’t always appreciate them, but as I grew up I was grateful that he cared enough to set them. As an adult I have learned that gratitude has tremendous power. A thank you may seem so simple, but can transform a relationship. There have been times in my life when I have not always been grateful in the moment, perhaps the words seemed hard, but later upon reflection I realized that I was grateful.  Today we are often running around in our lives connected to our mobiles, checking our emails, tweeting, and juggling multiple priorities. It becomes easy to forget to be grateful for the many things we have, and yet, the simple act of gratitude can transform our day and those around us.  I do try hard to say thank you in various ways and will keep trying hard to make sure people know how important their support is to me, but I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you: ·       

 

• To my family for their unconditional love and support;·        
• To my friends for hours of laughter and a bit of a “nudge” when I’m in danger of taking myself too seriously;·       
• To the British Public for their unwavering and generous support—you really are great at making me feel I am on the right path with BRIT!·       
• To the BRIT Mentors for agreeing to gift 24 hrs with young people;·        
• To my young people that steer BRIT-I learn from you every day;·        
• To the individuals and corporations that are even now pledging to build BRIT—you are making a positive difference in the lives of young people;·        
• To the MPs that are joining the BRIT journey;·       
• And to everyone I have met along this journey over the last few years!
• Thank you all for your support and belief in me and BRIT!

 

Phil