a good reminder...

"Gratitude is... the leading edge of joy. It happens when the big reality hits you.

You have no more right to be loved than anyone else.
Your job is a fluke.
Your children have no more right to health and security than the children in Bosnia.
Your friends are not obligated to put up with you.
Your education---well, you were not born into the poverty of Calcutta.
It is all gift.
Every single molecule, every smile, every taste of sunshine is gift."

~Radical Hospitality, Homan and Pratt