My predominant feeling is one of gratitude.
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and travelled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.
— Oliver Sacks
Caroline, I love this quote and it means much to me this morning as we face a turn toward loss. Did you take the picture? Can I borrow and use it in a post of my own? Thanks, Margaret
Yes and yes!