A New Year... A New Beginning

As each new day begins, as I am able, I will start in Gratitude and Thanksgiving.

Grateful... for who I am and all that I have.

Grateful... for family...for friends...for love.

Grateful... for reasonable mental clarity and health.

Grateful... for a roof over my head, food, clothes, all that I need.

Grateful... for the wold around me, flawed though it is.

Grateful... for this fleeting moments of pure joy and the laughter that often comes with it.

Grateful... for the light that is sometimes obscured by grief and pain... and yet shines on.

Grateful... for those deep, heartfelt conversations with friends who "get me."

Grateful... for the ancestors who paved the way and continue to be present.

Grateful... And so very thankful.