30 Days of Thanks- Day 4

A few of my colleagues are participating in “30 Days of Gratitude” and so I decided to play along, too. Gratitude is a most important component of abundance. We must acknowledge all the good in our lives in order to be ready to receive more. So I am grateful today to live in a country that lets me freely worship as I choose, and speak as a choose. On the news each day we are reminded of the many places around the world that do not have the freedoms that we enjoy in the United States.

Over the weekend I was cleaning out my daughter’s closet since she has purchased her own home and now officially doesn’t live here anymore. (we’ll save that for another day!) I found a mailing tube with my Dad’s handwriting on it. He had sent her a copy of the Bill of Rights, suitable for framing, and printed on lovely yellowed parchment-looking paper. What a fantastic document. For a moment I felt like Nicholas Cage in National Treasure when he gazed upon the Declaration of Independence. We have so much to be thankful for in this country, even when times seem economically less than bountiful. Let’s remember that our abundance is not measured by our bank accounts but by the size of our gratitude.