appreciation

I don't know how many times since I started this exercise I have realized that my prominent emotion is gratitude, but I'm grateful that it is. I think it is such a profound place to live from and I think it is the basis of love. Without it the lessons are just lessons, lectures to be endured, rather than gifts to be cherished and appreciated. I am grateful for my kids and their partners. I am over the moon for my grandkids. I love and appreciate my husband and the efforts he makes to support and encourage me and to get on a healthier path himself. I am grateful for my siblings and their partners (idiots) and their kids and what a marvelous gift a rowdy bunch of people who create magic together are. I appreciate my parents and the gifts and challenges that they provided for us, simply by being born and living, surviving. I appreciate the people who ask, who listen, who don't judge. I appreciate the struggle of every addict and their determination to overcome. I appreciate the courage of every person to live the very best they can every day, every moment. I resent the lack of understanding and real support for mental illness in our society, and the general unwillingness to even talk about it. I appreciate that the reason for my resentment allows us another opportunity to address the problem with love and courage. Thank you, my friends, elly "Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion." Dalai Lama "I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate." Elbert Hubbard