Daily Gratitude: “How can this be?”you may be wondering? How can someone suffering from a terminal illness be happy? Personally I am not sure I could be, but I certainly want to try and learn from those who have achieved this. There are people out there who find happiness in everything they do even while knowing they are dying. I am always amazed and dumbfounded when I see these folks. What courage they demonstrate. Think about it though. And practice being happy every day. Use contrast if you have to. What person in some third world country wouldn’t trade with you right this minute? You have running water, a means of transportation that isn’t solely walking, a job probably, a house that most likely won’t fall over in the next bad storm. And yet for some reason that’s not enough for you to be happy? Make a concerted effort every day to find something that makes you happy and then cherish it. Hold it and caress it, don’t just look at it with a brief glance and then toss it away, searching for the next shiny object.