Gratitude

"If the only prayer you ever said in your life was 'Thank you,' that would suffice." Meister Eckhart

Gratitude is so important as a stance in life.  Gratitude and forgiveness.  Both have been receiving a lot of attention in the media.  Oprah once quoted someone she had on her show (she did not identify who that was) that to forgive is to stop hoping the past would be different.  When one can do that, I think we can also find a place to be grateful for all the experiences we have had.  Yes, bad things do happen; but it is to our detriment - physically and emotionally - to hold on to resentment about those bad things.  It is said in Buddhism that the chance of being born a human is so remote that we should be thankful just for that:  for the fact that we were born human.  I am also grateful for these spring rains which help abate the drought this area has been having.  What are you grateful for today?