Gratitude Turns What We Have Into Enough

Last night I had a moment of feeling completely overwhelmed with gratitude.  I was sitting at the dinner table, eating a delicious bowl of warm, home made minestrone soup (so good - thank you Williams and Sonoma for the recipe), surrounded by 3 of my favorite people on this earth, as we lingered in the final moments of the setting sun streaming through the windows.  I had a moment of realization right then and there that in spite of everything we are going through right now, we are truly lucky.

All you need to do is take a look at the news to see that there are a lot of people who have got it much worse.   There are people who have lost their jobs, people who cannot pay the bills, people without enough to eat, people who have lost their loved ones, people who are seriously ill, and people who are very much alone every single day.

And there I was sitting in the safety and warmth of my home surrounded by love and eating a nutritious and delicious meal.  I spent the day working online as best I could during these working from home times and spending time taking care of my children and home in the spare moments in between.

I'm tired, but I know that I am lucky, I thought.

There are so many people suffering out there in the world today.  I know my life is not perfect but my goodness, I can see that I've got it good.

It's focusing on gratitude that will get me through the stress of this pandemic.

So this post in not about a book that I read but about a Ted Talk that was shared with me.  I have to thank my dear sister for sending it my way.  I have already shared it with many of my friends and family and now I wish to share it with you because it really made me remember what I am grateful for. 

When we turn to gratitude we find that we can turn what we have into enough. 

Watch and enjoy my dear readers...

https://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare