Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Many Types of Gratitude

Whether we have cancer or not, gratitude enriches our lives and there are many things to be grateful for.


PUBLISHED December 17, 2019

Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.

She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
Many of us cancer survivors speak about gratitude after our diagnosis. We no longer take a new day for granted. We are grateful to be alive, to spend another day with our family and friends, and to have hope for a new chemo regimen or treatment to keep us going.

Recently, I read a quote by a famous graphic designer, Milton Glaser, who possesses the remarkable gift for taking ordinary objects and designs illustrations of them into an extraordinary piece of art.  “If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of scarcity, then it will be…I always thought that there was enough of everything to go around—that there are enough ideas in the universe and enough nourishment.”

Wait—these ideas are new aspects of gratitude. Gratitude is not just about things, being alive and nature. Gratitude includes ideas, thoughts, art, love, caring, and sharing, which are all beautiful!


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