GRATITUDE AT TWILIGHT

PEACEFUL EVENING

It would not be a particularly illuminating read for you

if I enumerated all of the reasons I am grateful.

Suffice it to say I try to live in a 

state of gratitude.

I worked on a story years ago and got to 

know an elderly gentleman who had one 

of the brightest and cheeriest dispositions I've 

encountered.  A widow by then, he said frequently

how fortunate he had been. It was a kind of 

mantra in his life.  It reminded him of

all those touchstone moments he had lived

and brought the joy of them forward again,

in gratitude.

A theologian friend put it another way

he said "after you have seen the throne of grace

all you can do is to give gratitude."

Today Seth Borenstein of the Associated Press

wrote how giving thanks makes you happier.

The evening light of the Central Coast

and the time to capture it is certainly

a reason to say Thanks.

These "specks" are crows, enjoying the evening ride.

Thanks for visiting this blog.

See you down the trail.