What Are You Grateful For?
November is the month of Thanksgiving. My grandma used to say, “A joyful heart comes from contentment.” And she was right—when we choose gratitude, happiness naturally follows. So, what are you grateful for? As for me, I am grateful for many things. I am grateful for my family—my husband, my children, my parents, and my brother. I am grateful for my cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. I am grateful for my friends, my neighbors, my brothers and sisters in church, my coworkers, and my bosses. I am grateful for my job, my income, my health, my home, my neighborhood, and my country. I am even grateful for the difficulties I’ve faced, because they have made me stronger. I am grateful for the people who hurt me, because they helped me grow and taught me about humanity. I am grateful for the illness I live with, because it reminds me to appreciate what I have. I am grateful for both the roses and the thorns, because together they teach me to see beauty with awe. I am gratefu...
