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Oct 12, 2020

October 12: Gratitude for the Oldest Liquid Recipe

Today, I am thankful for the oldest and most spectacular recipe for a beverage. Nearly a decade ago, I attended a medical conference in...

Oct 11, 2020

October 11: Gratitude for The Power of Laughter

Today, I am thankful for the most wonderful physical faculty that humans possess – our capacity for laughter. As the story is told, a...

Oct 10, 2020

October 10: Gratitude for Those Who Waste No Time

Today, I am thankful for those who teach me to act in the here and now. Last year, approximately a year following my advancement to a new...

Oct 9, 2020

October 9: Gratitude for the Island of Resiliency

Today, I am thankful for an island that epitomizes our hardiness and perseverance. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has devastated our world...

Oct 1, 2020

October 1: Gratitude for the Colors of Autumn

Today, I am thankful for the impending colors of the autumn season. With the first day of October among us, we enter into the wonderful...

Sep 27, 2020

September 27: Gratitude for All Forms of Horsepower

Today, I am thankful for the horsepower that propels us forward. Yesterday, I shared my adoration for a Greek monument – the Parthenon –...

Sep 26, 2020

September 26: Gratitude for Symbols of Perseverance

Today, I am thankful for those classic symbols of perseverance. Each individual who is born in his or her specific time and place has the...

Sep 24, 2020

September 24: Gratitude for Those Maintaining Their Morale, Even in a Crisis

Today, I am thankful for those who maintain morale and a positive mindset that anything is possible. By the early 1920s, the world had...

Sep 23, 2020

September 23: Gratitude for Those Not Willing to be Intimidated

Today, I am thankful for those who stand up to intimidation. Social integration is never easy. I recall my first day of elementary...

Sep 19, 2020

September 19: Gratitude for the Beauty of Autumn

Today, I am thankful for the beauty of autumn. Over the last few years, I have found myself waking up a bit disturbed, with physical...

Sep 12, 2020

September 12: Gratitude for Those Who Push Us to Keep Fighting

Today, I am thankful for those who encourage us to fight on. Everyone has those days when they feel their back is up against the wall. ...

Sep 11, 2020

September 11: Gratitude for Hamilton

Today, I am thankful for an individual who never waited for anything in his life. The musical Hamilton is a nearly three-hour, non-stop...

Sep 10, 2020

September 10: Gratitude for the Risk Takers

Today, I am thankful for those willing to take risks. As we continue our celebration this week of American laborers who helped forge this...

Sep 9, 2020

September 9: Gratitude for the Trailblazers

Today, I am thankful for those who choose to trailblaze a novel path. The one important lesson I’ve learned in my career is that you...

Sep 8, 2020

September 8: Gratitude for the Great Raconteurs

Today, I am thankful for those entertaining storytellers who give us something to smile about. Abraham Lincoln is remembered for a lot of...

Sep 7, 2020

September 7: Gratitude for The Historical Reminder of My Favorite (Alcoholic) Beverage

Today, I am thankful for the American founding father who readily reminds me of my favorite beverage. When I first moved to Boston to...

Sep 6, 2020

September 6: Gratitude for the Community Service of Social Workers

Today, I am thankful for those social workers epitomizing the meaning behind community service. Welcome all to Labor Day Weekend. My...

Sep 4, 2020

September 4: Gratitude for Willpower

Today, I am thankful for the notion of willpower. The 19th Century German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, once quipped, “That which...

Aug 31, 2020

August 31: Gratitude for Our Humble Abodes of the Past

Today, I am thankful for those humble abodes that remind me of my childhood. Nothing conjures up the American frontier as much as an...

Aug 28, 2020

August 28: Gratitude for Holding Strong to a Dream

Today, I am thankful for holding out hope that dreams do come true. Although our medical knowledge of human biology has significantly...