The best spiritual practice I know of is gratitude, and it’s nice we have a day that celebrates all we have to be thankful for. “Count your blessings” is a cliché, of course, but when I actually do this – and I try to as a daily practice – my blessings invariably astonish me. And so I’m thankful for Miss Jules and Sean Michael, family and friends, work and play, freedom and responsibility, bookstores and art galleries, mountain trails and basketball courts, sailboats and kayaks, all the beautiful things I’ve seen, all the hardships that have made me stronger…and the simple joy of being alive. And may anyone who reads this be blessed with the gift of gratitude as well.
Well said, my friend. Well said. Good reminder about hardships too.
Comment by Charlene — December 1, 2009 @ 11:30 am