Just Gratitude.

I just returned from a short trip to Maine … a place that I have traveled to almost every year of my life … and a place that is extraordinarily special.

This coast of Maine provides a connection for me above all else - a connection to family, my family’s history, and the ongoing beauty of our natural environment. 

It is like a magnet with a strong force field, always pulling me back, and I know it casts the same spell on so many connected to it.

What I also like about my visits there, is that it always seems to generously provide space to slow down and be grateful.  

And to be mindful in the moment of the beauty that surrounds me, and hopefully the beauty that any of us can find if we take the time to look around. But, I admit, Maine does make it easy.