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December    29th

GIVE    THANKS

“In all things  we  should  try to  make    ourselves   be  as  grateful    as  possible.   For gratitude   is  a   good

thing   for ourselves,  in  a   manner  in  which   justice,    commonly    held    to  belong  to  others, is  not.

Gratitude   pays    itself  back    in  large   measure.”

—SENECA,    MORAL   LETTERS,    81.19

hink of all the things you can be grateful for today. That you are alive, that you live in a time
primarily of peace, that you have enough health and leisure to read this book. What of the little
things? The person who smiled at you, the woman who held the door open, that song you like on the radio,
the pleasant weather.
Gratitude is infectious. Its positivity is radiant.
Even if today was your last day on earth—if you knew in advance that it was going to end in a few
short hours—would there still be plenty to be grateful for? How much better would your life be if you
kicked off every day like that? If you let it carry through from morning to night and touch every part of
your life?