1) I was a “low-bottom” rummy and addict who had burned all his bridges until that was the only place I had left to sleep; under one. I have been so richly blessed with sufficient Grace to remain clean and sober nearly three decades.
2) I have a lovely, caring, patient wife.
3) I somehow still possess some ‘walking-around-sense’ despite my best efforts at self destruction
4) (I work for a couple of dachshunds that tolerate me living in their house.)
Definitions
GRATEFUL, a. [from L. gratus. See Grace.]
1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart.
2. Agreeable; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering.
3. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering.
“Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine,
And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine.”
GRAT’ITUDE, n. [L. gratitudo, from gratus, pleasing. See Grace.]
An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received; a sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor; thankfulness.
Gratitude is an agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with good will to a benefactor,and a disposition to make a suitable return of benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to see the benefactor prosperous and happy.
Gratitude is a virtue of the highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a proper sense of duty.
“The love of God is the sublimest gratitude. ”
All from Noah Webster’s Dictionary of American English 1828.
Why Grateful Al?
Always, An Attitude of Gratitude!
Because:
1) I was a “low-bottom” rummy and addict who had burned all his bridges until that was the only place I had left to sleep; under one. I have been so richly blessed with sufficient Grace to remain clean and sober nearly three decades.
2) I have a lovely, caring, patient wife.
3) I somehow still possess some ‘walking-around-sense’ despite my best efforts at self destruction
4) (I work for a couple of dachshunds that tolerate me living in their house.)
Definitions
GRATEFUL, a. [from L. gratus. See Grace.]
1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed towards one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay benefits; as a grateful heart.
2. Agreeable; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; as a grateful present; a grateful offering.
3. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; affording pleasure; as food or drink grateful offering.
“Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine,
And grateful clusters swell with floods of wine.”
GRAT’ITUDE, n. [L. gratitudo, from gratus, pleasing. See Grace.]
An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received; a sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor; thankfulness.
Gratitude is an agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with good will to a benefactor,and a disposition to make a suitable return of benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to see the benefactor prosperous and happy.
Gratitude is a virtue of the highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a proper sense of duty.
“The love of God is the sublimest gratitude. ”
All from Noah Webster’s Dictionary of American English 1828.