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Day 360: Empathy

(For Thursday August 21)

First of all - do you see what day it is? 360! I only have 5 more days! Crazy. It has been the longest shortest year. *wink*

Okay, back to today's Gratitude Attitude.

Today I realized I am grateful for empathy.  Sure, it can be a bummer sometimes but I believe it is actually one of the best qualities we can posses.  Today was a day for empathy.  I felt so strongly and heavy in heart for a family who is walking through cancer and looking at a future without Mama.  A friend at work lost her Mama suddenly, there were no warnings or signs to indicate that she would breathe her last this week. Heavy heart.  It was one of those empathy days where the news about people was sobering and I felt it deeply.  I felt the pain of these people and of their loved ones.  I'm grateful for empathy because it keeps me compassionate and tender toward others, because it keeps me relying on the Author of Life for solutions, peace, wholeness.


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