Today is Thursday and...

...and I am feeling grateful today.

I am grateful for my children. They tend to remind me of what can be worthy of value in this life. Watching their lives unfold is both beautiful and painful at times. Is not life itself the same?

I am grateful for my parents. They tend to remind me of what love is all about as their undying commitment to one another travels into old age.

I am grateful for friendships. They tend to last longer than romance and are unencumbered by expectations. A true friend accepts us as we are , warts and all.

I am grateful for moments. They tend to comprise the most important part of the time spectrum. What occurs in this moment is what really matters...at the moment.

I am grateful to be alive and free of booze, drugs or cigarettes. Real life is not found in running via disabling crutches. Real life is found in walking through it a step at a time.

But something within me is fearful right now. That sense of impending doom is looming about.

But I remain grateful. Can I be both grateful and fearful? Yes. So tonight I choose to make the best of my moments as I strive now to do.

Have a good day/afternoon/evening wherever you are and whatever you are doing.

Carp Diem!