a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding
what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life
will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. -Harold Kushner
We're about to eat dinner, and though it seems like a pretty normal thing for the most part, it's something that I'm very grateful for. I've had times in my life when I didn't have all that much to eat, and I pretty much didn't know where my next meal was coming from or what it might be. There have been times when I've bought some bread and a block of cheese and lived off of that for several days, simply because that was all I could afford. Nowadays, food is plentiful, and I don't really have any possibility of not having a meal (though who knows what may happen tomorrow!), but I try to keep in mind just how important it is to be grateful for this fact. I have enough to eat, and that's more than a whole lot of people on this planet can say--it's estimated that 25,000 people die every day from starvation and causes related to malnourishment, yet I live in a land of plenty and I have the means of making sure that I have all the food I need. Heck, we even throw some food away sometimes, though we do make a strong effort to avoid doing so. But when I sit down to dinner, I make an effort always to be thankful for the fact that I have a dinner to sit down to, and I truly believe that that gratitude is one of the things that makes my life richer.
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