Gratitude
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Ordinary Life, Noticed | The Life I Was Already Living
If someone asked me what I am grateful for, I could give the expected answers. Family. Home. People I love. The big things. The important things. And I would mean every one of them. But I’ve started wondering whether gratitude lives just as much in things we wouldn’t think to put on a list. The… Continue reading
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Ordinary Life, Noticed | Thank You for What Could Not Stay
I think gratitude is sometimes asked to do work it was never meant to do. We use it as though being thankful should make disappointment smaller. At least you had… Be grateful for the time you got. Think about the good memories. Look at everything you still have. Usually those words are meant kindly. But… Continue reading
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Ordinary Life, Noticed | What This Season Leaves with Me
Not everything a season gives us leaves when the season does. I have been thinking about that as September moves toward its end. Summer is behind us now, at least according to the calendar. Some of the things I loved about it are already changing. The days are shorter, the sounds are different, the visitors… Continue reading
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Ordinary Life, Noticed | Thank You for the Season That Couldn’t Stay
I don’t think gratitude requires us to want something to last forever. Maybe it simply asks us to recognize that we were glad it was here. Summer is beginning to loosen its grip behind the puddle, but not dramatically. There hasn’t been an official meeting where everyone agreed the season is ending. It is still… Continue reading