Posted originally on the CTH on August 13, 2023 | Menagerie 

I am grateful that God in his infinite goodness chose me, formed me, loved me, and never gives up on me. I can’t appreciate completely who and what I am, and should be, but I can trust that God made me with wonderful and loving intent.

I am grateful for family, and friends, especially since they’ve played such a generous part in my care and healing these last three years.

I am grateful for my home, not only a haven and refuge for our extended family, but a little place on the edge of the city where I get to watch for meteors, deer in the field, and ducks, geese, cranes, beavers, and muskrats on the little pond next to the house.

I am grateful that I’ve received life changing medical care.

I am grateful for the little church in the country where we worship, the priest who serves there to bring us the Bread of Life, the Word, and the people there who join in fellowship. I am grateful for the patrimony and gift of my faith, handed down and sacrificed for through these many centuries.

I am grateful for my grandchildren, and the opportunity to see the world through their eyes.

Gratitude can change the world, because it will change your life. May we all remember our blessings every day.

This is just a start.