Gratitude is the greatest of all expressions.
I just finished reading comments from thirty of you who have written in response to my blog and I’m overwhelmed with gratitude that you took the time to write. I know how busy we all are so it makes me feel included in your life when you read these brief essays and then comment. It makes the effort on my end so very worth it! I hope you keep staying “the course” with me.
There are so many things in my life that I’m grateful for. First, my sobriety. Without it, I’d be short a great husband, many wonderful friends, good health, and work that truly blesses me every day. Connections with my family have been healed since I got sober too. I had many fences to mend and learned how to do that, thank God. Having both parents pass on knowing how much I loved them and how changed my life had become was so important to me. And them too.
I just returned from an AA women’s retreat in IN that I facilitated and it was on gratitude, a perfect topic for a gathering such as that. But what I specifically want to say about it was how grateful it made me to be asked to lead it. My roots are in IN but I had not done any of my “work” there before and connecting with 65 Hoosier sisters felt especially heart-warming to me. Each and every one of them touched me in some special way. I sit here writing this and see their faces before me. Thank you Julie, once again.
Even though tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and the one day we take the time to consider all we have to be grateful for, it really behooves us to acknowledge our gratitude every day. I suggest to sponsees, and friends too, how valuable it has been for me to make, at the very least, a mental note of the experiences and people who cross my path throughout the day. Each and every one of them paid “their visit” intentionally.
I have heard it said that saying, “Thank You, God,” for every thing the moment it’s time has passed is a wonderful habit to develop. It makes us much more conscious of the blessings that constantly visit us. And this act opens our hearts to the goodness of our lives. When our hearts are open, we demonstrate to others how to open their hearts too.
So not just tomorrow but every day, think gratitude. Express gratitude. To friend and stranger alike. The world will be better for it.
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