DAILY GRATITUDE MY ANCESTORS

 

I am grateful for the best parts of my ancestors 

they have shared with me…

It’s apparent ever time I look into a mirror…

and see them staring back at me.

OUR CHILDREN

 

May we be blessed to have children who walk their own path…

who are kind, compassionate and wise…

who venture out of our footsteps 

and go further then we could ever visualize.

THE BEST PARTS

 

We are so happy to have welcomed a great-granddaughter into our life…

to see how beautiful she is…how innocent…how sweet!

while at the same we’re a little sad…at all the people she will never meet.

All those combined family members who she will never know 

Who were not here to experience her birth…

Who won’t be here to watch her grow.

Although their being here in person is what we’d all prefer…

We also know the best parts of them…will find their way…to her.

Because it is the nature of families…that those of us who are here…

who will watch her grow up…watch her soar…

have already inherited the best parts 

from all those who have come before.

And it stands to reason if we all possess the best parts of who they were…

when it comes the newest member of our family…we will pass them down to her.

Her eyes, her hair, her smile…her personality

we know from whence they’ve come….

now merged into the person she is…as well as the person she will become.

And if she ever decides to have a child…and add a new member to our family

when and if that time arrives…how lucky her child will be.

Because she will take the best parts she inherited…

add them to the best parts of those who have come and gone

and as mom’s and dad’s have done throughout eternity…

to her own child…will pass them on.  

So with every quiet sorrow we feel…wishing those who are gone

could be here to know her……

and so she could know the person each one of them was…

Comes a quiet joy in knowing…

in a way…they already do…

and she already does.

DAILY GRATITUDE WHEN I LOOK BEHIND ME

 

I am grateful in whatever accomplishments I’ve made…

whatever triumphs and victories 

whatever advantages have found their way to me…

when I’ve turned around 

there have been people standing there

who believed in me.

And grateful I could return the favor…

when those who believed in me

finally get their do…

and they’ve turned around…

There I am…standing there

believe in them too.

BUILDING EACH OTHER UP

 

May we be blessed to create a world…

where we were building bridges

instead of blowing them up…

Where Instead of discouraging one another

and tearing each other down…

We were encouraging one another

and building each other up

BEHIND THE SCENES

 

As humans we are social beings…to connect with one another,

to cooperate and interact is how we’re orchestrated…

This is not by accident…it’s how and why we were created.

In fact each year as the Earth completes another revolution

our ability to socialize is essential to our physical health, our mental well-being

and to our successful evolution

It is in our destiny that any success we have obtained 

has not been acquired on our own…

We are created to work together…not to stand alone.

Which means no matter how smart we are..

how strong and resilient are our genes…

We are all somewhat dependent on the people behind the scenes.

Those people who support and encourage us…who help us to succeed

by providing us, from behind the scene, everything we need.

 

What makes this relationship so wonderful…

is how those we help succeed..

when it’s our turn to succeed

are now the ones behind the scene 

providing us…everything we need.

So a shout out to everyone who has worked diligently 

behind the scenes…to help another person reach the stars…

and in case we do not say it often enough…

Thank you…and we know who you are.

DAILY GRATITUDE TRY ANOTHER WAY

 

From a time when I was young…

until today…when I am old

I am grateful I ever came across

the teaching of Marc Gold.

When I first entered the classroom as a teacher…

his ideas were on full display…

He taught if my students weren’t learning the way I was teaching…

I should Try Another Way. 

His simple message…that in my mind he would implant

helped me to see my students for what they can do…

instead of what they can’t.

It’s a philosophy I hope people will use today…in life

It is still a beautiful thought…

to see people for who they are…

not for who they are not.

And when it comes to prejudice and hatred and war…

prevalent in our societies today…

Instead of doing what isn’t working…

Perhaps it’s time to try another way.