Thanksgiving was my favorite childhood holiday but I never understood what it really stood for. It was a day of eating food my parents could otherwise not afford for me to eat. As a child I knew very little about gratitude or how to express it. I had no concept of what gratitude was or how … Continue reading Gratitude Saved My Life
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Discovering Gratitude
As a child I knew very little about gratitude or how to express it. We were not taught the simple expression of "thank you" and the only mention of gratitude was in the meaningless words that were simply lip-service at the many prayer times. I had no real association to a feeling of genuine gratitude for anything in my life. I knew nothing of what it could do for me and its real value. In fact, I did not really understand gratitude until my mid-life breakdown when I discovered it to be the first essential component to rebuilding my life.
The Polygamist's Daughter 
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