Being grateful….truly a much more complex topic than one would think.  Our first round table discussion brings up some very valid points about gratitude and being grateful.  Everyone has struggles, everyone has days where being grateful is the last thing on their mind.  Can you shift your attitude in the moments when life is dealing you a bad hand? Can you think of a time in your life where you were able to take yourself from a place of sadness and despair and focus on the things you are grateful for?

Of course we are all human and being grateful at all times is not a possibility, but reminding yourself each day of what you do have to be grateful for and focusing on the positive in your life can be a real asset emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

A beautiful poem by an unknown author can sum up what many of us were feeling in our discussion. Knowing that life is full of struggles and using those struggles to amplify the joys in our lives.