An Attitude of Gratitude by
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A warm hug without words can be a thank you. A quick “thanks” or more drawn out “Thank you sooo much” work, whether in a text, email, or on a handwritten card or note. An emoji with palms pressed together works on social media (though it can also be interpreted as a prayer or a high five). A generous tip to a server doesn’t require words; nor does a smile, a nod, or a wave at the driver who lets you in front of them. Thank you is an attitude. You can just tell who has it…and who doesn’t.

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Profile photo of Barbara Buckles Barbara Buckles
Artist, writer, storyteller, spy. Okay, not a spy…I was just going for the rhythm.

I call myself “an inveterate dabbler.” (And my husband calls me “an invertebrate babbler.”) I just love to create one way or another. My latest passion is telling true stories live, on stage. Because it scares the hell out of me.

As a memoirist, I focus on the undercurrents. Drawing from memory, diaries, notes, letters and photographs, I never ever lie, but I do claim creative license when fleshing out actual events in order to enhance the literary quality, i.e., what I might have been wearing, what might have been on the table, what season it might have been. By virtue of its genre, memoir also adds a patina of introspection and insight that most probably did not exist in real time.

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Characterizations: right on!, well written

Comments

  1. Dale Borman Fink says:
    January 2, 2021 at 9:26 am

    I appreciate and acknowledge your thoughtful comments on the topic of gratitude.

  2. John Shutkin says:
    January 2, 2021 at 10:45 am

    A great titel, a great picture and a great sentiment, Barb! I may be old school myself, but I fully agree with your beautifully worded sentiment. It is, in the end, all about the attitude.

  3. Betsy Pfau says:
    January 2, 2021 at 11:49 am

    Thank you, Barb. I appreciate you!

  4. Laurie Levy says:
    January 2, 2021 at 12:14 pm

    Thank you for reminding me that there are many forms of being thankful, all valid,

  5. Marian says:
    January 2, 2021 at 12:50 pm

    I really like your last sentence, Barb, oh how true!

  6. Dana Susan Lehrman says:
    January 2, 2021 at 11:07 pm

    Thanx Bebe, you’re so right, gratitude is an attitude one just can’t fake!

  7. Suzy says:
    January 3, 2021 at 9:29 am

    Thank you for the wonderful RetroFlash, Barb. You have mastered the art of packing a great deal into 100 words. Wish I could give you a warm hug without words!

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