A day to give thanks. I am grateful for many things. This has changed over the years. Now in my late seventies I have experienced a great deal over more than seven decades, examined the word gratitude and what it meant, checked out various sources, queried people older – and younger – how and why they expressed gratitude. What stuck in my mind was “Be grateful for what you have and more will come”. I then experienced the benefits of “Be grateful as if what you asked for has already come”. This has become a life long pursuit as I deal with challenges along the way. But then I realized that by not focusing on the past or worrying about the future I am left with the present, the now. And I accept the ‘gift’.