Gratitude
MY IMPERFECT PARADISE
I’ve read about a study that suggested that Facebook offers a high percentage of depression! Most people, when posting on the popular site, tend to talk about how great their lives are and the friends and family reading these posts get depressed because their lives don’t seem to be running so smoothly. I’m one of those people who try to stay positive on Facebook. My heart is full of gratitude and I always want to offer the simple happiness that… Read More
CONFESSION OF A PROFESSIONAL OPTIMIST!
I try to hide it, but most of the time I‘m my Father’s son, and his glass was neither half-empty nor half-full—it was overflowing. His generation of our family overcame poverty, prejudice and struggle. They experienced a Depression and a World War. Of my father’s six siblings, one was institutionalized for over fifty years, two were incarcerated after felony convictions. A sister-in-law was murdered. In my generation we have experienced great successes but also overdose, suicide and AIDS—the last… Read More
GRATEFUL FOR FREEDOM
If you take a minute and look around the world, we must all celebrate today and be grateful for the freedom we have as Americans. We may all have different religious beliefs, political beliefs, gender preferences and socio-economic situations – but we are blessed to live in the land of the free. Happy Fourth Of July!
GLADNESS AND GRATITUDE
I didn’t see it happen. I only saw what happened afterwards. The morning was Hawaii paradise picture perfect (and if you’ve ever been here, you know what that means). I was overtly gladdened by the clarity of the blue sky, the low tide, the soft breeze, the warming sun. I start to say I was ‘grateful’ for the day, but that isn’t accurate because there is no one to whom to be grateful. It just is. Glad not grateful. Clarity… Read More