GRATITUDE towards LIFE

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"Just wanted to share something with myLotters that keeps me in "gratitude mode": I give awards, daily, sometimes many times a day. "As I drive my car (lease up in a few months; still grateful that I have it in the first place, and it runs well, and I can keep up the payments) or walk along the sidewalk (grateful that I CAN walk, even though I sometimes I find it difficult), if I see a bunch of flowers (weeds, or a garden, or a bouquet carried by someone, or the plantings at my neighbors's drive thru), I look for the prettiest one, or the one with the most surprising color, or the one that obviously had the hardest struggle to survive -but made it-and I mentally present the "Best Blossom of the Day" award. "Or I'll give someone walking their dog the "Cutest Pup" or "Best Behaved Dog" award. Or present the "Nicest Professional Outfit" award to someone on their way to work. Or a "Most Courteous Driver" award…You get the idea. "Never are these awards announced to the recipients-they simply remain catalogued in my mind and heart. They keep me alert to the beauty that is everywhere, however, and keep me 'living all the days of my life.'"