GIFTED

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This time of year calls us to take stock: where we have succeeded, where we have fallen short, 
what we have received, what we have given.
During this time of reflection, remember to count your gifts.
Put yourself inside the moments that you were at your best.
Prize and savor every minute spent with a full heart.
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Recall the days that you walked forward with hope.
Know that you can always renew that feeling.
Re-live every time this past year you faced an obstacle with resolve
and moved on from it gaining more strength and freedom.
Be proud of your own compassion.
Remember that your empathy, the ability to put yourself in someone elseís shoes,
is a powerful gift you give the world.
You can be thankful that you woke up every day 
with the opportunity to find the beauty and wonder in the world.
Remember what you are grateful for:
your ability to make a friend laugh,
your sensitivity to the world around you,
your decision to take care of yourself in the very best ways you can.
The very fact that you have made it to this moment cannot be taken for granted.
Our world isn't a perfect one and you cannot expect that from yourself.
Take every chance you can to count your happy moments,
see the progress you have made and decide on an even better year ahead.
Take time to take care.