20200225 GRATITUDE REVIEW

1.  FAMILY
Joe for calling me every few days with us news & updates
Chrissy for loving her kids.
Ada for dancing through life.
Ethan for being a smart kid who loves his family.
Elliot for being good at music and sports.
Oliver for loving ham & cheese.
Lisa for mastering yoga.
Rodney for being long-suffering.
Lyla for baking cakes.
Eli for building aluminum foil boats that actually float.
Cub for his smile that comes from within.
Teresa for her generous nature
Siblings for being there.
In-laws for marrying Taylors.
Cousins for being there.
N & Ns for being there; esp Woody & Emily for meeting the challenge of her disability.

1.a.  Dead FAMILY
Dad for teaching me through his example.
Mom for loving purple irises.
Dad for serving in the Marines.
Bob for loving science.
Tom for playing football.
Kathleen for loving reading.
Millie for being an artist.


2.  FRIENDS
David for unconditional love of his family & friends.
Jeannie for loving David.
Dr. Pruitt for teaching disadvantaged people with psychoses.
George for his love of reading.
Marie for her real living and fight against cancer.
John & Paul for welcoming me into their lives.
Sikoki & Richard for welcoming me into their lives.
Chad for paying the rent.

2.a.  Dead FRIENDS
Frank White for teaching me to sing and to act.
Sally Stephens for being true to herself and battling her condition.


NOTE:  I'm glad I do this Gratitude Review every day, even though it sometimes feels like a burden.  I'd like my gratitude and my love for others to be spontaneous & natural.  But it's not, at least it's not all the time.  But "forcing it" (aka "holding down the needle") can often change my attitude from "burden" to "naturally feeling good."


OLDER VERSION:
As the months wore on, I eventually realized that I needed to take pen in hand, and put pen to paper, and begin actually writing.

MODERN VERSION:
As the minutes wore on, I soon realized that I needed to take keyboard in lap, and put bytes to screen, and begin actually writing.



3.  SELF