Gratitude

What are you grateful for?

Most people answer with the big things—family, health, love, freedom. The things we know, deep down, matter the most.

But what about the small things?

The first sip of coffee in the morning.
A deep belly laugh that makes your stomach hurt.
Finding a song that fits your mood perfectly.
The way sunlight filters through the trees on a slow afternoon.
A stranger holding the door open for you.
The smell of something baking in the oven.
A handwritten note.
A pet resting its head on your lap, trusting you completely.

And then there are the things we don’t even think about—until we no longer have them.

Breathing without effort.
The ability to move, to see, to hear.
The people who have always been there, until one day, they aren’t.

Gratitude is tricky. We talk about it, we know we should practice it. But most of the time, we don’t fully feel it—not until something is taken away.

So maybe the real challenge isn’t just being grateful.

Maybe it’s learning to recognize the good before it’s gone.