gratitude

As I’m sifting through my thoughts on finishing my thesis, it reminds me of other milestones and other goals reached.  It seems like one of the overwhelming emotions is always gratitude.   I was reflecting on gratitude as a feeling.  It is nice, of course, for the person on the receiving end, but it also plays a role in reaching goals and formulating the next ones because it is full of positive memories and expectations.  Taking that just a bit further, I’d go so far as to say gratitude is good for vision improvement.  Expressing gratitude is something of a relief, isn’t it?  I didn’t get this far by myself!  Which might at first sound like diminishing an accomplishment, but really, it’s also recognizing that I can reach for even greater challenges, and I don’t have to go it alone.  It is almost always possible to accomplish more when working together and being greatful of the people who help me is a reminder of this. 

In that spirit, I’d like to thank all of you long time readers/commenters on my blog as well as those who just peak in or are new to my blog.  All that positive energy picked me up when I was down about my thesis.  Also, it served as a continuing motivation to keep on improving my vision.  Your comments remind me of how far I’ve come, what I’ve learned, and most importantly, I learn so much from your various perspectives!  Thank you for teaching me!  Plus, whenenver I do learn something new about my vision, the process of writing down the experience, and thinking about how I would explain it to others, almost always leads to more insights.  I have definitely learned more from teaching my experiences on this blog than if I had just let my thoughts settle in the back of my head.  So thank you, all of you out there, for helping me in your own way, by commenting, asking questions, and even just reading (higher page views are motivating!).

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