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Today I am grateful for some of the things I cannot see…

like the air I breathe, like hope, like the wind and gravity.

Like the sadness that engulfs the soul

when two friends must forever part…

Like that hidden room, where love begins

within the shelter of our heart.

I am grateful for understanding the words of Desmond Tutu

whose faith in humanity never ceased.

Who understood the value, the honor and the responsibility

of receiving the Nobel Price For Peace

Who preached how each of us must understand…

If this and any horrible time in our history…we are to weather…

That:

My humanity is bound up in yours

for we can only be human…together

I am grateful for having lived long enough…

having traversed life’s ebb and flow

to be around to watch my family grow 

and grow and grow.

And I am just as grateful every day

for all the friends I’ve made along the way.

Finally as a new year begins

as I turn the next corner…the next bend…

I’m grateful for my friends who have become my family

and how my family have become my friends…

One of the things I’me grateful for about the Holiday season

as it lingers with us for a while…

is how it reminds me as I look around

there is always a reason to smile.

 Today I am grateful for the moon

as she shines on from high above.

Grateful not only for the beauty she possesses

but for what she teaches us about love…

How she reminds us…

as only the moon can do…

that our love for one another can remain strong

with every change or phase we’re going through.

I am grateful in my life 

How my children taught me how to be a good parent…

How their children taught me how to be a grand parent…

and now I can’t wait

to see how little Violet will teach me how to be great.

I am grateful for understanding respect…

In this life I am completing…

It’s a message Jane Goodall taught

and it often bears repeating…

It is especially important in this time

as a topic for all our leaders to discuss:

When we show our respect for other living things

they respond with respect for us.

I am grateful for realizing

our purpose in the Universe…

is to love, to be kind…and to soothe…

and understanding when we live within that purpose

our path ahead is smooth.

I am grateful for my understanding of freedom…

I’m not sure when or how long ago 

this seed in me was planted

that we are meant to take advantage…

to enjoy our freedom

never taking it for granted.