Today is the first day of the rest of my life. And I am grateful for it.
I will share with you all something I wrote a couple of weeks ago as part of a writing exercise in my writing group which I hope you will all be able to enjoy:
Gratitude is something that comes with age and wisdom.
How can you be grateful for what you have until you have known its loss? Abundance and joy can only be appreciated once loss and sadness are known. So I am grateful for my health because I have been so ill I thought I would die. I am grateful for my closest and most trusted friendships because I have known their opposites. I am grateful for love because I have experienced its loss. I am grateful for all that is beautiful in mankind because I have seen its polar opposite: ugliness at its very core.
I am grateful for my freedom because I have escaped captivity. I am grateful for my education because of the opportunities it has afforded me when so many do not have these. I am grateful that I can have a fulfilling life, with enough food, water and shelter to never question where my next meal will come from or where I will lay my head.
Life is a gift which I unwrap each day grateful that my eyes still open, my legs still move, my heart still beats and my mind still works.
I will share with you all something I wrote a couple of weeks ago as part of a writing exercise in my writing group which I hope you will all be able to enjoy:
Gratitude is something that comes with age and wisdom.
How can you be grateful for what you have until you have known its loss? Abundance and joy can only be appreciated once loss and sadness are known. So I am grateful for my health because I have been so ill I thought I would die. I am grateful for my closest and most trusted friendships because I have known their opposites. I am grateful for love because I have experienced its loss. I am grateful for all that is beautiful in mankind because I have seen its polar opposite: ugliness at its very core.
I am grateful for my freedom because I have escaped captivity. I am grateful for my education because of the opportunities it has afforded me when so many do not have these. I am grateful that I can have a fulfilling life, with enough food, water and shelter to never question where my next meal will come from or where I will lay my head.
Life is a gift which I unwrap each day grateful that my eyes still open, my legs still move, my heart still beats and my mind still works.
