The Gratitude Connection

July Acrostic

By Harry Waldron

ACKNOWLEDGMENT is the theme for the month of July, as we in the U.S. celebrate our birthday as a FREE nation. And other free nations were chartered in July also. While we see higher levels of division in our nation today, CGL concepts share better ways to UNITE folks. Each human is as unique as a snowflake. In team building, we must learn to accept or even overlook differences for the “greater good”. When we value individuals & work out our differences in a positive manner – that builds unity ☺

GEORGE WASHINGTON LED A FREE NATION 8 YEARS, RATHER THAN BECOMING KING
RELY ON THE GREATER GOOD IN OTHERS, BY BUILDING TRUST & UNITY
AIM FOR HIGHER STANDARDS, BY USING GRATEFUL LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
TEACH THE IMPORTANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT & GRATITUDE THRU EXAMPLE
EACH PERSON EXPERIENCES GREATER FREEDOM, THRU TRUST & ACCEPTANCE
FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO VALUE & UNIFY OTHERS BY LEADING GRATEFULLY
UNITED WE STAND, AND DIVIDED WE FALL
LET FREEDOM RING, AS WE COUNT OUR NATIONAL & INDIVIDUAL BLESSINGS

FREEDOM IS BUILT – WHEN WE BUILD UPON THE VALUE OF OTHERS EACH DAY
OFFER THANKS TO THOSE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES & WHO RARELY RECEIVE IT
REALIZE THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF OTHERS, THRU THE POWER OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

FIFTY-SIX MEN PLEDGED THEIR ALL, IN SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
REWARD SUCCESSFUL TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDIVIDUALLY & COLLECTIVELY
ENERGIZE YOUR TEAM BY AFFIRMING THEIR ON-GOING CONTRIBUTIONS
ENJOY EACH DAY MAKING THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITIES – AS EACH DAY IS A GIFT
DO UNTO OTHERS GRATEFULLY, & LATER THAT GRATITUDE WILL RETURN TO YOU
ONLY A SMALL GROUP WITH GREAT VISIONS OF FREEDOM, FOUNDED OUR NATION
MAKE AMERICA & OTHER COUNTRIES MORE GRATEFUL, THANKFUL & UNIFIED IN THE FUTURE

NATIONS THAT CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS IN JULY

➢ Rwanda July 1, 1962, Independence from Belgium in 1962.
➢ Somalia July 1, 1960, Union of the Trust Territory of Somalia (former Italian Somaliland) and British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic. Event commemorated annually. Independence Day (Somalia)
➢ Belarus July 3, 1944, The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Independence Day of Belarus
➢ The United States July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (now the United Kingdom) in 1776. Independence Day (United
States) or Fourth of July
➢ Algeria July 5, 1962, Independence from France in 1962. Independence Day (Algeria)
➢ Cape Verde July 5, 1975, Independence from Portugal in 1975.
➢ Venezuela July 5, 1811, Declaration of independence from Spain in 1811.
➢ Comoros July 6, 1975, Independence from France in 1975.
➢ Malawi July 6, 1964, Independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.
➢ The Solomon Islands July 7, 1978, Independence from the United Kingdom in 1978.
➢ Argentina July 9, 1816, Independence declared from the Spanish Empire in 1816. Independence Day
➢ South Sudan July 9, 2011, Independence from Sudan in 2011.
➢ The Bahamas, The July 10, 1973, Independence from the United Kingdom in 1973. Bahamian Independence Day
➢ Kiribati July 12, 1979, Independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.
➢ São Tomé and Príncipe July 12, 1975, Independence from Portugal in 1975.
➢ Slovakia July 17, 1992, Declaration of Independence in 1992 (only a remembrance day), de jure independence came on January 1, 1993 after the division of Czechoslovakia (public holiday).
➢ Colombia July 20 and August 7, 1810, and 1819 Independence from Spain in 1810.
➢ Belgium July 21, 1831, Independence from the United Netherlands (Belgian revolution) on October 4, 1830. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld took the oath
as the first King of the Belgians on July 21, 1831. Belgian National Day
➢ Liberia July 26, 1847, Independence from the American Colonization Society in 1847.
➢ Maldives July 26, 1965, Independence from the United Kingdom in 1965.