... “Life itself is the gift…” — Forrest Church on gratitude, with a few words from Joseph Brodsky, too.
Once again, I feel obliged to recall John Hall Wheelock's insight that “to have lived / Even if once only, once and no more, / Will have been – oh, how truly — worth it.”
I think being alive is a grace from God. But even if you think it's just happenstance, it still seems grounds for gratitude.
I live in the UK and I embarked on my own Year of Living Gratefully on Sept 21st. It took me 94 days to realise that unless I saw my my birth as the first, precious gift, I would have difficulty in experiencing gratitude in other areas of my life.
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