As I am in the time of life when I am aging gratefully, gratitude is something I feel daily: thankful to be here, in the town I love so much, and to be in relatively good health, compared to what many are going through. With extreme climate events happening so suddenly and randomly all over the planet, one learns to be grateful for every ordinary day: when we are living our normal routines, and are not fleeing floods, hurricanes and wildfires. (I never expected to have to write a sentence like that in my lifetime!) And now a new war, which hurts our human hearts.
The dictionary states gratitude is the quality or feeling of being thankful - grace, thankfulness, appreciation. Today let's ponder gratitude, and the many reasons we have to be grateful every day.
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