The morning after the elections: No doubt we all have things we will celebrate and grieve as the results have come in. If we are called to show our love by voting, then we are called to continue showing love by how we engage with the world to which we now awaken. How will we interact? What will we do? Where do we put our energies? How can we offer healing to this hurting, divided world? May we turn to love again and again for guidance. To love is to listen. What would love do?

Thank you Sheila for your amazing recognition of our privileges. This is the way to stay awake to both our blessings and our responsibilities. I am so glad that you are with us on this path of living gratefully. Your support matters so much. With love- Kristi

Thanks Jeannine. Indeed! That is how we practice grateful living – taking nothing for granted and living with gratitude for our privileges. I am hopeful that these elections will be able to resurrect a sense of hope for people. Hoping…

Thank you Missy. I am so glad to be able to see love as the way to channel my passions at this political moment. And I am glad this helps as a way to BE.

Craig, your thoughtful words are always balm to my heart. Thank you so much for your generous praise for this work and its impact and potential. It inspires me deeply. May you continue learning and evolving, and sharing yourself with us and this community. Thank you.

Thank you so much Sheila, for always baring your heart and sharing your love with this community, and for letting us know about the meaningful difference this work makes in your life. We are so blessed by you.

Hi Karmit – It seems you have touched something deep through my words, and I am grateful for it. Indeed, please let us know how some of these simple turnaround or turn-towards practices offer you support. I am honored by your deep presence.

Dearest Anna – My heart is overflowing. I am truly honored by your praise and I feel so emboldened to carry on in my writing. I am working on a Guidebook to Grateful Living! To know that it will serve people like you is all the motivation I need. Carry on by my side! Blessings to you…

Dale – I love that you find these to be helpful distinctions. It encourages me so much to continue on in my reflections and articulations about gratefulness. As does your example. Thank you.

Ken – I am so touched by your reflection and warm praise. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. May these ten truths…and more…about gratefulness continue to bring you clarity and peace. Keep in touch.

Pear. You move me with your reflection. Thank you. Your own articulation is clearly forming with strong guideposts on the inside, as you resonate so much with what I am sharing on the outside. Keep letting this resonance move you into more and more of your own words – they are so strong and beautiful, and ring like a bell…

Thank you dear Sheila for your great kindness and for sharing the profound role that grateful living now has in your life. You are not alone in this. You are indeed never alone. Carry on grateful guardian…

Hi Christina. I AM young at almost 60, and feel it in relative terms. Thank you for reminding me. Yet it is true that many people feel old at this age. If I am still alive in 10 years, I will surely write the blog again, and hope that my perspective will remain the same. My intention will be to remain grateful for all that I can be, knowing that the balance will be in my favor right up till my last breath…and perhaps beyond.

I love what you say Sieger, “By acting like this, the day becomes MY DAY!” What a beautiful way to feel empowered in the Universe to which you belong.

Thank you so much for your very generous praise, Mary Agnes. I am so grateful to have been able to offer you something that you will treasure again, and may it continue to serve you well. Blessings to you.

Thank you dear Pilgrim. Thank you.

Thank you so much Sheila. It means a lot to me to know that these words are meaningful to you! XO

Nicos, you always surprise me and surprise me not! Thank you for your wonderful comment and example. As I say above, there are many ways to hold this question, and I love imagining that our continuous appreciation for all things on which our lives depend is of great benefit for all involved. Certainly our solar system! And our precious home planet and all of its extraordinary gifts, above most all else…

Thank you Nancy for your wishes and for knowing what truly matters; the inside stuff. And no matter the condition of the outside, what a gift that we get to have a vehicle through which to be alive, experience life, and share love!

Thank you, bringer of many miracles, Pear. Blessed by you always…Kristi