The gift of appreciation....*

I think that sometimes we put down things that we have in our lives, even if we have it good, because it makes us feel guilty or selfish for wanting more. So the only way we can justify the "new" or the "better" is to make it seem as though what we have now isn't good enough so we HAVE to have that new or better in our lives to be happy. But when we get in this cycle, it becomes an endless cycle. The "new" and the "better" are only labeled as such because they are not ours. Once we acquire them, we once again begin to see the flaws in it, looking for all the reasons we need to be going after the new "new" and the better "better". We do it with clothes, things, circumstances, and most tragically, people.

Appreciate what you have. Know that you have amazing things, people, and experiences. Reach for more because you want it or because you enjoy reaching, but don't do it from a place of lack.... or that is exactly what you will find more of when you reach your destination. 

Reach for abundance, love, life, giving, kindness, charity.... reach for the moment, because after all.... There is no gift like the "present". 

...must be the puppy chow...