Being Anzac Day, I thought we’d talk about appreciation and gratitude for the life we have the privilege to live.  

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for the brave men and women who fought for our rights so we can live the way we do.   

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for the brave men and women who continue to fight for our rights so we can live the way we do.  

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for all the men and women in your life who you love, who you value, who you care about and who care about you. 

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for all the men and women in you life who light up your life with their kindness, with their smile, with the comfort of their touch and the attention they give you.  

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for all the men and women in your life who show you kindness as you go about living your life, who brighten your day by just being who they are, who show kindness to others maybe through the work they do, or the service they provide.  

Please take a moment to appreciate and be grateful for the little offerings we receive everyday through messages, through music, through art, and through expressions.  

Please be kind and be grateful, please show compassion for all living beings, for our planet, for our neighbourhoods, and for your neighbours.

Please be kind and be grateful, please show appreciation to the people you meet going about your daily activities.

Please be kind and be grateful, please take a moment to appreciate the privilege it is to live in this beautiful world, full of the amazing wonder that is life.  Please stop just existing and actively participate by being who you truly are, you can put a little piece of you into everything you do.      

Please appreciate who you are, and what you do, because you can make a difference just by just being you.  You are unique, only you can be you, only you can do what you do the way you do it.  This moment needs you because this is why you are here.   

Please appreciate who you are, and what you can do, because you can make a difference in someone else’s life too.  By little offerings of kindness, by being compassionate, and by encouraging them to believe in what they are doing, and who they are.   

Please appreciate who you are, and believe in you, because you are remarkable, you are awesome, and you are love.  Express your love with grace and with kindness, through compassion and trust, and know you are exactly who you are meant to be, because this is who you are.  Know you are exactly what this moment needs because you are here experiencing it.  

I am grateful to you, and I appreciate you.

I am inspired by you.

Be inspired by you too.  

Mari.