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I am grateful for all the peace and love I’ve been blessed with in my life…

but the gratitude I feel is really rather small…

because I won’t be truly and totally grateful

until there is peace and love for all.

On those days my inner fire is being doused by apprehension, 

disbelief 

and doubt…

I am grateful 

for the love of those who are there to help relight my flame

when my candle has burned out.

I am grateful for the trees…

my respect in life they’ve earned… 

by teaching some of the many lessons

from nature I have learned.

From the trees I’ve learned to stand tall

and not be afraid to go out on a limb…

to bend in the wind…not break

even when the winds are grim..

I’ve learned to  be content with my own beauty…

to welcome any wrinkles that accrue

and always….whatever stage of growth I’m at…

to stop, 

look around…

and appreciate the view

Today I’m grateful for all the teachers…

who not only taught me lessons from every book upon their shelf

but found a way to touch my heart

and help me believe in myself. 

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.