Thought for the Week: With gratitude

‘Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others’ - Cicero

by Ian Kirk-Smith 23rd December 2016

The end of the year is a time for family, friends and good fellowship. It is also a time for reflection – a time to look back at the previous twelve months: at those things that were done and those things that ought to have been done; at happy and sad moments; at difficult and dark times; at times of hope and light; and at beginnings and endings.

John Clare, the poet, once reflected:

And what is life? An hourglass on the run,
A mist retreating from the morning sun.