Wow, gratitude was part of my spiritual awakening....learning to be grateful for the little things instead of griping about the even smaller things.....or bigger things, whichever the case might be.
But today I'm so very aware of how much I have to be grateful for.
I spent the morning in waiting rooms at the children's hospital. The shape some of the children are in is enough to break the hardest heart. If ever I had been exasperated with my grandchildren or even my adult children, I need to remember those children who are far less healthy than mine are.....and their parents.
There's nothing like putting things into perspective than seeing the little ones who are unable to do a thing for themselves, those who appear shrunken from whatever their ailment is, those with mental and/or physical handicaps of some sort.......and then to look at my beautiful, perfectly physically formed grand. Yes, I have much to be grateful for today, regardless of what the alcoholic in my life may or may not be doing.
I must always remember that whatever my problem is--there is another soul with a problem much more serious than mine.
Yes, I am grateful!
