Starting a 28-day gratitude challenge. Every day, I’ll spend just one minute with my eyes closed, thinking of one thing I’m grateful for. Today is Day 1.

During this one minute today, I felt the warmth of the sunlight. I heard children playing outside, the sound of a helicopter in the sky, the noise from a construction site, the siren of an ambulance passing by, and my own soft breathing.

Grateful to be alive.