As I sit here this morning with my cup of tea watching a hummingbird at the feeder on my patio, I知 very grateful.

I知 grateful to have such a lovely place to live, where in the last week of November, I still have hummingbirds and yellow finches gathering at the feeders in my back yard. The finches bathe in the birdbath, splashing water up on their back, shake it off, frolick and play with each other.

In my front yard, I grateful for two tomato plants still producing ripe tomatoes.

It feels good to just sit after the past 3 months of traveling: Paris in September, Chicago in October and San Francisco in November.

I知 attempting to keep Paris alive. Just a few days ago my granddaughters and I got all dressed up in our French berets and had a tea party. Then we went downtown to run a few errands all dressed up in our tea-party clothes. How fun it is to have two little girls who will play pretend with me.

October in Chicago was beautiful. With a wide variety of trees in Chicago the fall colors were more intense than here in California.

While in Chicago I had the opportunity to spend a few hours with my sister and brother. We池e all aging gracefully.

During this month of Thanksgiving I'm expressing my gratitude for having such a blessed life. I知 most grateful for the opportunity to work so intimately with people on their path of personal and spiritual development.

I知 grateful to be a grandmother. Never having known my own grandmothers, it is a gift to be one. As I grandmother my grandkids, I grandmother myself as a little girl. Odd how that works, isn't it?

I知 grateful for my beautiful daughter and son-in-law, who teach me to mind my own business by letting me know when I overstep my boundaries with advice-giving.

I知 grateful for my faithful friends who show me how to live life on life痴 terms and be patient with respect to all that I still want in my life.

I知 grateful for my health, both physical and mental.

Rather than focusing on what is missing in my life, I have finally learned to focus on what is abundant in my life.

What are you grateful for this month? What does your gratitude list look like?

Here痴 a suggestion for a Year-End Completion Ritual for the month of December. Take 3 sheets of blank paper. On the first sheet write all your disappointments, losses, failures and grief from this year. On the second write all your successes, joys, celebrations, milestones and accomplishments. On the third sheet, write down what you learned about yourself and life from the lists on page 1 and 2. Do a ritual to release pages 1 and 2 (burn them or bury them). Keep page 3, which contains lessons learned for the year. Don稚 be discouraged if you have to keep relearning things. Most of us do. Blessings till we meet again.