What, Me? Thankful?

I’m lifting several things straight from The Health Letter that comes from The Harvard School of Medicine. Let’s jump in with both feet —

Gratitude is a way for people to appreciate what they have instead of always reaching for something new in the hopes it will make them happier or thinking they can’t feel satisfied until every physical and material need is met.

Gratitude helps people refocus on what they have instead of what they lack.

And, although it may feel contrived at first, this mental state grows stronger with use and practice.

— Starting tomorrow, you and and I’ll look at several ways to grow in this practice.

Meanwhile, I keep hearing an old song playing somewhere in the back of my head, or maybe it’s my heart:

Count your blessings,

name them one by one.