Grateful Greetings
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Tis the season of gift giving. After 30-some years of waiting to live full-time in Maine, my gift came last year. It’s virtually impossible not to live a life of gratitude here. Every second is unique: the daily and seasonal patterns of tides, birds, currents, weather, winds, plush greens to silhouetted trees, glistening snow, thick clouds, sun and moon-rises and daily sunsets that are beyond human words. Nature’s power to cultivate gratitude abounds.
My hope for you and yours, now and throughout 2023, is gratitude. It’s all around you, at home, outside, work, everywhere, just look - the pansy pushing up through the ground, the sparkles on the snow, the success of a teammate, the delight of a child seeing a cool insect, the magic of the 20th time you’ve watched “It’s a Wonderful Life”, the branches waving in the wind. Look for the miracles all around you - inside and out. And show your appreciation and gratitude to those in your life, not just now when it’s expected, but in 4 weeks, or 15, when it’s not expected. That is the best gift of all.
