A crash course in gratitude
Here’s how I define the successful practice of gratitude: appreciating what you have while you still have it. Everyone tends to be able to appreciate what they had—after it’s gone. But it’s a bit harder for many of us to really appreciate things while they’re still in our lives. I suppose that’s because we can always […]
A grand gesture now and then won’t hurt
Many families fall into a pattern of taking each other for granted. It’s easy to do. You assume everyone already knows you love them, so there’s no real need to point that out in any special way. But that’s unfortunate, because we don’t always feel our loved ones love us back. Especially if they treat […]