Today I am thankful that people will learn more from the positive way that you treat them than any negative way. I must admit that even though I have known this to be the case personally and I have heard people whom I trust say this time and time again, when people have mistreated me …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #78
Today I am thankful for the ability to say "no". For the longest time I found it hard to say "no" to people, especially if what they were asking was reasonable and not something that was ethically or morally wrong. I guess it boiled down to the fact that I used to always want to …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #77
Today I am thankful for my grandmother's rice. There is something so special about this simple rice that my grandmother prepares with chicken stock rather than with water. It's like a hug in a bowl, and I sure could use that hug today. Whenever I ask her how to prepare the rice she says that …
Today’s Gem of Gratitude #76
Today I am thankful for beauty, true beauty that emanates from within. The idea of beauty is something that many people struggle with at some time or another as they attempt to discover who they are and how they fit into this big, critical world of ours. We are bombarded by media images of airbrushed …
