Being thankful is an underestimated way to improve our own day, and often everyone else’s day around us! What makes it difficult is a two-parter: just remembering to be thankful for our untold gifts, and being present enough to remain that way - instead of getting pulled back down by our negative, often called “realistic,” thinking. But, I have to ask, what is realistic about worrying about the future all the time? What’s realistic about sinking back into the past, our constant fears, or our self-image? Instead, let’s give thanks while letting the qualms pass as they come, accepting the moment for what it is, and celebrate all the diverse people and other expressions of God’s Divinity in our lives, today, right now.