Celebrate the moment and be grateful for the ordinary

The days following Thanksgiving may inspire even more resolutions than New Year’s Eve. We may have spent the week, or the day, in gratitude or over-indulgence and now have an intention to bring ourselves back into check. Only time will tell if we are successful. Continued gratefulness for the ordinary and every day of our lives can help. Author Melody Beatie wrote, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, c