Gratitude

11/22/2011

Gratitude

As I mention every year, the week of Thanksgiving is easy fodder for a sporadic blogger such as yours truly. Lots in this world we’d love to change, but lots in this world I am grateful for, too. I am:

Grateful for the love of my life.

Happy to be alive, and in reasonably good stead.

Proud to work for our members, and with the fantastic people with whom I do.

Glad I get to participate in discussions that (hopefully) help advance the massage and bodywork profession.

Blessed to spend my life with three outstanding sons, who make their father proud every day.

Grateful for the Grateful Dead.

Thankful for my bimonthly massage.

So impressed by the thoughtful, engaging voices in our profession, like Allissa Haines, Laura Allen, Michael Reynolds, Emmanuel Bistas, and our own Abram Herman.

Excited about the future of this profession, our organization, and growing old with them both.

Getting really serious about blogging more frequently in 2012.

May your Thanksgiving be complete with friendship, family, and laughter. Follow Les on Twitter at www.twitter.com/abmp_les.

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