-by David Guerra
Last spring, I attended a day-long retreat for caregivers at Mission San Jose. It was filled with workshops and information as well as fun activities designed to give the 100 or so caregivers a break. One of the workshops really stood out to me. It was about gratitude.
I initially thought: Gratitude? I’m dealing with a really bad situation and you expect me to be grateful?
Studies, they explained, showed that when people looked for things to be grateful for, their overall well-being improved.
Skeptical, I decided to try it. I took a small daily diary that’d been sitting unused in my nightstand drawer. I opened to the first page. I thought about the events of the day and penned, “I am