Guide to Gratitude
To appreciate being alone ----------experience the chaos of being around many
To appreciate silence ----- blast music
To appreciate being loved---- be an outcast
To appreciate yourself---look outward
To appreciate others--- know and love yourself
To appreciate relief----know pain
To appreciate the sun ---- have a cloudy day
To appreciate a kiss ---- try not being kissed and/or have many bad ones
To appreciate accomplishment ------ start from the bottom
To appreciate having money ---- have none
To appreciate sleeping till 2pm---- have a long, brutal ass day
To appreciate your car ---- pay $1,500 to get it fixed
To appreciate family ---- experience loss
To appreciate health -- experience illness
To appreciate cleanliness--- live in filth
To appreciate beauty ---- Write what you see
To appreciate aging ---- imagine not knowing all the wisdom you have now
To appreciate freedom ------have it taken from you.
The two are not mutually exclusive but appreciation sometimes comes from the knowing and trust that you will get through the hard times.
And not just get through...but
THRIVE
Happy Thanksgiving
xo Maggie