Summary: Have you heard someone say they were grateful for the alcoholics in their life? How do you practice gratitude? Can you find gifts in the "punishments" of your life?<br> <br> I reflect on gratitude while walking in the woods on a beautiful fall day.<br> <br> (How) can I say I am grateful for my loved one’s alcoholism?<br> it is part of who she is -- her personality<br> I am the person I am now<br> (How) can I find gratitude for pain in my life.<br> Colbert: “‘You have to learn to love the bomb.’ It took me a long time to really understand what that meant. It wasn’t ‘Laugh it off.’ No, it means what it says. You gotta learn to love when you’re failing… The embracing of that, the discomfort of failing in front of an audience, leads you to penetrate through the fear that blinds you. Fear is the mind killer.”<br> “What punishments of God are not gifts? … So it would be ungrateful not to take everything with gratitude. It doesn’t mean you want it. I can hold both of those ideas in my head.”<br> ”It’s our choice whether to hate something in our lives or to love every moment of them, even the parts that bring us pain. At every moment, we are volunteers.”<br> http://www.gq.com/story/stephen-colbert-gq-cover-story<br> What am I grateful for today.<br> I have a home to live in and food to eat and energy to keep me comfortable.<br> I have a family who loves me and who I love.<br> My body-self is reasonably healthy, despite the minor aches and pains I complain of daily.<br> The day is beautiful, crisp, clear with bright fall colors.<br> I have a program that helps me to grow spiritually and to become more of the person I want to be.<br> I am the sum of my live experiences. I would not be who I am without them.<br> What are you grateful for today? Can you find gifts in your “punishments”?
