There are times when the quest for things that I desire seems to overshadow the things that have already graced my life. It is easy to take for granted the myriad things that we don’t see as blessings until they are gone.I can see this screen, and am able to walk to the local bakery for my morning scone. Now I am listening to Mozart ,and I have truly never missed a meal in my entire life. Friends have been kind and loved ones have always been there for me. I have had the good fortune of being exposed to brilliant minds and learning. Sometimes the learning has come from the famous and other moments from those marginalized by society. I have been privileged to raise children and see the world through their evolving eyes. The list of blessings is endless and must be revisited when I am somehow distracted about what i do not have,