Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough, and more.

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Melody Beattie

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just checked an old e-mail from Amy Ippoliti and Manorama's Fall in Love retreat at Ananda Ashram in 2005 where this poem was included