In the final days of 2011, I'm filled with gratitude.
I'm grateful for another year of sobriety. For a year of relatively good health, being able to function as well as I do. For a new marriage to a woman who brings joy to my life.
Further, because I work at TLC with some 600 clients I have many other reasons to be grateful.
We have clients succeeding in the face of emotional and physical challenges that one time drove them to alcohol and drugs.
We have a team of some sixty employees who find fulfillment - not in money or benefits - but in working in an environment where they help others while staying clean and sober themselves.
I'm thankful our non-profit is still afloat in an economy that's been challenging for even well-funded businesses.
I could go on and on to the point of being boring, but the real message is that if we look at 2011 with eyes of gratitude we end up with a long list.
I'm grateful for another year of sobriety. For a year of relatively good health, being able to function as well as I do. For a new marriage to a woman who brings joy to my life.
Further, because I work at TLC with some 600 clients I have many other reasons to be grateful.
We have clients succeeding in the face of emotional and physical challenges that one time drove them to alcohol and drugs.
We have a team of some sixty employees who find fulfillment - not in money or benefits - but in working in an environment where they help others while staying clean and sober themselves.
I'm thankful our non-profit is still afloat in an economy that's been challenging for even well-funded businesses.
I could go on and on to the point of being boring, but the real message is that if we look at 2011 with eyes of gratitude we end up with a long list.
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