Thankful Thursday, #26

"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 

Into the future"

This is the song that came to mind this morning as I sat down to write. 

Today is July 12th -- over a third of July has been completed, and it feels as if July just started!

The speed with which time passes is directly proportional to my age. I know that. I've watched time move faster and faster as I've aged, but every now and then I am awed once again by the pace.

The passage of time is an excellent reminder to stop and take the time to be grateful.

I like the term grateful better than thankful. Thankful means "conscious of benefit received". Grateful, on the other hand, means "appreciative of benefits received." I want to be appreciative, not just conscious of my blessings. I may be splitting hairs here, but that's nothing new with me!

So for today I'm going to work on being grateful for:

-- another rainy day, which we desperately need

-- having so many people underfoot in the house (and remembering this the next time I'm feeling lonely)

-- having too much stuff

-- good friends who won't complain tomorrow night when the house isn't perfectly clean

So what are grateful for today?

Blessings!

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