HAPPY HOLIDAYS! And all very best wishes for a wonderful New Year!

It’s a beautiful tradition to look back at the year gone by and count your blessings. As 2012 draws to a close and people all over the world celebrate the holiday season, there are so many things to be grateful for in this past year.

Paul Penders has challenged me as your blog writer to consider the nature of beauty and the beauties of Nature in new ways – with an attitude of gratitude!

A friend once told me, “The attitude of gratitude is beatitude…” Beatitude – I had to look it up. Definition? Supreme blessedness or happiness. It’s simple: being grateful can make you happy.

“Gratitude creates a powerful state of happiness because it returns us to the natural place where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong.” – M.J. Ryan

This time of year too, I remember my father’s last Christmas gift to me -- a book titled 14,000 Things to Be Happy About created by a woman who simply started journaling a list that grew and grew until it became a book. I am grateful for that inspiration! I am deeply grateful for my wonderful family – and their support of many kinds in this past year and all the years of my life.

What or who are you grateful for today?

Tops among all the experiences of 2012 that I’m grateful for? Meeting Paul Penders, as well as his wonderful family and staff, and the other extraordinary people he draws together around him.

I am so grateful to Paul for the opportunity to hone my writing skills, to think and learn about beauty and Nature in new ways, and to encounter amazing people from all around the world – like you, the reader!

By reading this blog, you fulfill a blogger’s dream!

Many thanks to you – the readers! Here’s wishing you a wonderful 2013!

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By Teviot Fairservis.

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