The Gifts of Appreciation

<div><p>Quality of life is more about what is inside us than it is about what we have or had and lost or might have had--it has more to do with innerqualities than outside acquisitions. If we value our lives treasure our friendships respect and enjoy our families we will have a full heart and aspirit dedicated to protecting our loved ones and appreciating how they enrich our experience of life. Perhaps one of the greatest keys to experiencingappreciation is a feeling of connectedness and interconnectedness--to not only perceive and appreciate the blessings that we receive but to know thatwe can be a blessing to others and to know that who we are what we share is appreciated by someone else; that our life matters and has meaningbeyond what we do to keep our lives afloat in the material world; that the loving supportive energy we take in also flows outward to others to enrichtheir experience and uplift them. It is not enough that blessings flow to us but that they flow through us to others.</p><br/></div>