Blogging Outloud

        When I start these things I never quite know where it will end up.  Except that today I am writing about being grateful. This will not be an exhaustive list but it will cover what I need it to cover.  

     Our warm, comfortable home, sustenance, the love and support of my friends and family, and our continued good health and good fortune top my list of things I am grateful to have.  These are the physical and emotional necessities  that have sustain me throughout the years.  Because of these I am now aware of another necessity that has arisen for me; and that is the ability to express my gratitude for the gift of my voice.

     And for clarification point, I do not mean the literal sound and tone which I emanate, though that is a  well honed skill which may show up in another blog.  I mean that which is the repository of my thoughts, conclusions, notions, inklings and such.     

     I am not sure when the realization for this need arose, but recently I have found myself, on more than one occasion, reflecting upon being grateful for my voice. Where did this voice come from?  

     Inside me it is steady and clear.  From it I derive comfort knowing it will not fail me.  This surety has not always been present.  It has taken time and patience to nurture.  (I can see the passing time as I have eyes and can read the calendar.)  But where did the patience come from?!!

    Granite State College has become a part of this process for me also.  Taking the steps to craft my thoughts into cohesive arguments has exercised my thinking to levels I would not have thought possible.  From Science, to Psychology, to History I am constantly challenged in discussions with my college peers to be thoughtful and attach meaning to what I am encountering in my studies.  And from this I am grateful in knowing what I know is as important as what I am learning.