Good Morning!   Isn’t it gorgeous outside?   I don’t know about you, but the cooler weather has been so appreciated by the Murphy family.   It makes it so much easier to be “in the moment” when the sweat isn’t rolling down your face doesn’t it?    This morning, I’m going to read you a little poem called Gratitude IS by Macarena Lovemore.    But before I do, I’d like to ask a few of you – what are you grateful for – don’t think about it, just say the first thing that comes to your mind when I call your name.

"Gratitude is" by Macarena Lovemore

Gratitude is appreciation for people, places, and things, as well as,
for ideas, qualities, and feelings
Gratitude is thankfulness, and I use it like a key
A key to inspire strangers, my friends, and me
A key to life that sets me free
A key to heal insult and injury
A key to awareness, when I refuse to dream
A key to finding forgiveness and feeling peace
A key to manifest my desires, what I want, and who I want to be
A key to light the dark times, when I can’t see
A key to expressing my preferences, what I love, the real me
A key to feeling the present moment, gently
A key to reconnect me to humility
A key to boundless opportunity, when I get caught in my limited certainty
A key to transcendence, imagination, and epiphany
A key to turn the hardest moment into a glorious journey
A key to the only foolproof system of love in the galaxy
A key to access infinite possibilities
And when I share my gratitude, gratitude enriches you and me
Gratitude is actually the doorway, choice is the real key
The best part about gratitude is that gratitude is always...
absolutely... free!

I am GRATEFUL for all of you!  You have each become a part of me and have influenced me in a different way.  I have grown, I have learned, and I am humbled.  Nameste’

Now, today when we have our meet and greet – if you can think of it, tell that person you are greeting, I am grateful to have you in my life.  So please stand up, greet your neighbors and then greet the others.