Gratitude

"Nothing new can enter your life without gratitude." Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith

I think that is true.  Without gratitude, we will recycle the same old things.  When we meet people who are in the same stories or dramas in their lives, it might be because they are focused on those stories and dramas and not on gratitude for what is good in their lives.  There is always good.  Even for those of us caregiving someone with dementia, there is good.  There is the kind email from a friend which brightens our day.  There is the moment of lucidity when we feel a real connection with our loved one.  There is a moment with a grandchild which delights our hearts.  There is the invitation to dinner from a daughter. There is a phone call from a son.  There is good.  It is our choice whether to focus on it or not.  What we focus on will multiply.