grateful

some words from a good book.. 

"still, what is important is to be grateful today and to give thanks.  I am more and more convinced that gratitude is one of the most sublime of human emotions.  It is an emotion that reaches out far beyond our own self to God, to all creation, to the people who gave us life, love, and care.  It is an emotion in which we experience our dependencies as a gift and realize that in the celebration of our dependencies we become most aware of who we truly are:  a small but precious part of creation and above all of the human family.  On this day we can say: It is good 'just' to be human and it is in our common humanity that we can recognize God's love." 

 .. from the good man..  Henri Nouwen "Gracias: A Latin American Journal"