Every morning I ask myself -what am I grateful for?

I haven’t always done this

Years ago I had been in a very dark place for many months

One day My therapist asked me -what was I grateful for?

It was as if she was speaking in an ancient Egyptian dialect with a southern accent

I didn’t have an answer

She said I couldn’t come back without an answer

So - I sat there and thought about it and thought about it some more

There was something. My children

She asked why that was. Every answer I gave she responded to by asking why that was

And each time I answered I also began to feel a bit happier- lighter

The person I was leaving was very different than the guy who dragged himself in

Since then I ask myself what I’m grateful for almost every morning

My days today are filled with light. I haven’t always done much to continue being deeply thankful for

The secret is to just keep digging into your answers

What are you grateful for today? Why is that? In addition to that- what else?