This journey we are on is ever moving forward, even when we feel we are standing still, stuck in one place, there is forward movement all around.  Greeting the new. Saying, see you later to old. There is light and darkness but we continue to move forward.  There is fear and always, always Love, we keep moving forward.  This journey, how wonderful it can be. How scary it can be. always being Grateful...how...how can we always be Grateful?  Yes, alot of us have this thought but how can we not? we woke up, we take a deep breathe, we went to the bathroom...it's means we are alive and have some control...Grateful!  There are people on this journey we meet that Loves us...Grateful! We can make choices for our Good and the Good of others...Grateful!  Oh yes, we can change those choices when need be...Grateful.  
There is so much going on around us, we label them in so many different ways, we judge them, we wonder why, how, when, where but as we do all this, we move forward...Grateful.  
This journey ever moving forward, the adventures, the experiences, the lessons, the sharing this journey, in each moment is getting us to the place for the next.  On this journey we only have here and now...the present moment.  The past is only a place of reference...a landmark.  The future is a pretty picture we put in our eyes, some place we think we shall be. The present is always where we stand, where we create. where the light of Love, Gratitude, joy and happiness can be found, when we choose.
This journey, where shall it lead me today...what shall I create...will I be aware or will I focus on that point of reference we call the past and miss the now?  It's time to step forward and see...deep breathe and forward movement...create Greatness today and don't forget the...BIG SMILES!