The big "C" has hit me just a little mild. I am having surgery and in a few weeks radiation. This has altered a few activities for me. Will be good as new soon.
There is a difference between feeling gratitude and appreciation for something and feeling attachment to something. Appreciation and gratitude are states of pure love, while attachment contains fear - fear of losing or not having what you are attached to. When it comes to something you want in your life, appreciation and gratitude attract, and attachment pushes away. If you are feeling afraid that you will not get what you want, or losing what you have, then you have attachment.
To remove the attachment, keep shifting yourself into a stat of appreciationand gratitude, until you can feel that the fear has gone.
from The Secret
On this Memorial Day weekend, we remember and honor those who have died in service to their country. Let us also pray for the families that have lost sons, daughters, and parents in Iraq and Afghanistan and for the many whose loved ones have returned with physical and emotional disabilities.