In a State of Gratitude

I am so very grateful... My heart is overflowing with thanks and appreciation for everything in my life... for the little things just as much as the big things... for the opportunities just as much as the mistakes... for my loved ones and all the people who have had an influence on me... for life itself... I struggle to find the words to express just how thankful I am for the multitude of blessings I have been given, but I do know that I must not take any of it for granted. So many people are given every luxury in the world, and they waste it all away and curse that they do not have more. There are others who seem to have nothing but the sweat on their brow, and they are satisfied and give thanks for it. I fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum, and still my need to express gratitude is just the same. We can never say how long any of it will last, so we might as well enjoy it while we have it... all of it. We might be deserving of all that we have, but we are never entitled to any of it, and if we think that we are, then we have totally missed the point.