My Gifted Life

I’m thankful to wake each morning in a safe sheltered place, far from the violence that haunts so many in this world. My abode keeps me dry and warm or cool regardless of the seasons, and provides a backdrop for me to pursue my activities.

I’m thankful to have many people who love me in my life still. Sometimes it is better to measure what we have and not what we have lost. Thankful too that I can easily get along with people and the potential of new friends to come. Not all are so blessed.

I’m thankful for enough to eat at every meal and easy access to clean water. Clean water is so important and we take it for granted, but the lack of clean water and proper sanitation kills many people each year.

I’m thankful to be starting my seventh decade of life with an active mind that is still curious about the world around me. I am not so jaded that new things learned are not still thrilling.

I’m thankful to live in a safe country to be myself. It isn’t perfect but it isn’t bad, especially here in the Northeast.

I’m thankful to have long last found my true self and be living the life I need to live to be happy and fulfilled.

I hope you, my reader, can make a list like this too.