Grateful Spring

I am grateful for the gift of true friends.

True friendships last throughout a lifetime, through thick and thin, sunshine and rain.

Friendships that end never really started.

In life's journey, distance may be necessary, but true friends maintain a heart full of goodwill throughout a lifetime.

I am always learning to be better at all I am.

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I am grateful for the precious gift of family.

Family is the first compulsory school the Governor of life admitted us into.

I am grateful for the invaluable tutors appointed for me, who simply and seamlessly live out their lesson notes.

I am grateful for my first house mates and co-learners. 

In siblings we tend to encounter every kind of character or attitude we may experience later in wider society.

I am grateful for the privilege of being loved and catered for without having to earn it. 

If I once felt entitled, now I feel more responsible to be family-friendly, even in my outlook, research, and advocacy.

I am also grateful for friends who chose to stick like family.

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I am grateful for the gift of employers, the great demanders of time on the planet.

Employers buy our time and deserve our resolute commitment.

At work, we learn to smile even when we do not feel like it, and work as excitedly as we would as when in play. 

I am grateful for the fleeting pleasures of a paycheck and the enduring sense of learning value added. 

We grow to own our workplace vision, and fit our piece in the winding puzzle.

I am grateful for the warm community of co-suppliers of time.

Every neighbour's hand is on the deck and we may become friends and family in the process.

I am grateful for the training of helping others excel and the vision of excelling to be helped.

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Photo credit: Mindsoother Therapy Center