tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58947494234858722.post1744897953989093179..comments2018-04-11T20:09:12.398-05:00Comments on Jim's Wild Ride: GratitudeDeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12300956524484014671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58947494234858722.post-22452341501459999722011-01-01T18:10:56.754-06:002011-01-01T18:10:56.754-06:00Amy, that was beautiful, and more perfectly worded...Amy, that was beautiful, and more perfectly worded than I could ever have done. Thank you for being my BFF and sister!Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300956524484014671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58947494234858722.post-89355735837598594502011-01-01T18:01:42.204-06:002011-01-01T18:01:42.204-06:00Perhaps the whole issue of gratitude hit home with...Perhaps the whole issue of gratitude hit home with me several years ago. Someone who was instrumental in my "surviving" in a new town, in a new aspect of independence, passed away. I realized just how much he did for me, if only in his large silence presence. I knew I had a safety net, someplace to say "help" and it would be there. I had always meant to thank him. Years passed, faces changed, yet his kindness still impacted my life. But I never had a chance to tell him. I never made the chance to tell him. I let years and thoughts and words slip away. It hit me hard. Two seemingly simple words, even if they held little meaning to him years later....I would know I had spoken them.<br /> And yet I didn't. And no longer could.<br /> Since then I try to say Thank you. Often gratitude is not always received as it is intended. People forget or discount. But to me, I feel less selfish, less greedy if I remember to say Thank you for being kind, thank you for caring, Thank you for understanding, thank you for being you.<br />So Thank you Deanna, for this post. I am going to step outside and thank the stars for their light, cuddle my dog and say Thank you for the safety and unconditional love, even when I don't love myself...and thank the higher powers that be for the challenges, of neighbors, disappointments, self struggles..for it is through the struggle for balance that one learns to stand steady. And to be grateful.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680464280312330923noreply@blogger.com