Gratitude For Things in Life

what is going on you guys I'm just out for an evening walk with my dog it's a beautiful night tonight it's kind of a surreal feeling when you look at the grass and the grass is almost up to my chest I'm a six foot man and and to have the grass up this High means we've had a good water year so it's pretty awesome but uh I was just wanted to take just a minute kind of an on traditional video here and just take some time to express some gratitude for some things that are going on in my life and that includes anyone watching this video gratitude to you for who you are in my life for the support that you provide me I had my daughter's wedding my oldest daughter's wedding just this last weekend it was quite a range of an experience to be giving your daughter away and you see these little flashbacks of the little girl that she used to be and then you have these moments of gratitude and love for the woman that she's grown into and then this feeling of excitement for the new Journey that she's got in front of her and it's this weird mix of all kinds of emotions of sadness and grief of excitement of gratitude and a whole lot of love and I just felt completely overwhelmed with love this weekend not just love for my daughter but I felt overwhelmed by love from others and I wanted to just speak to that for a minute there were a few things you know of course my close friends and family who worked tirelessly to help put on a wedding who helped put together a reception who did so much to support my daughter in the way that they gave her kind words and gifts and support and well wishes and showing up and I want to talk about the power showing up especially the gratitude for me to have a family who showed up for me I want you guys to know that I love you and I'm grateful for you and it really meant something to me that every one of you showed up the way that you did to those of you who are friends who came from long distances it meant something to me I had one friend drive 10 hours each way to spend two minutes talking to me at a reception at wedding reception and that logistically doesn't line up it's not worth the cost it's not worth the time it's not worth emotional energy it spoke volumes to me in terms of what you mean to me and what I meant to you and I just wanted to say thank you I had people come to the reception who for all intents and purposes put some of their own anonymity and confidentiality on the line in a small town community like Logan Utah to come and support me and my family and I want you to know that that didn't go unnoticed I'm grateful for that and the little things that you all do and that you all did this weekend to show me and my family that we were cared about and loved really do make a difference I don't consider myself a Sentimental guy but I am grateful and the love is completely felt and it's 100 reciprocated so that's my video today you guys just a moment of gratitude for the goodness of the good people in this world that support me and love me I hope every one of you has that opportunity to have people in your life that support you and love you the way that I felt that I am with my friends and my family and if you're looking to make a difference in the life of somebody else my thought today is that it doesn't take much it took a drive in the car for a couple of hours and a smile and a hug and it yielded a big big dividend for me in terms of my relationship with those people and maybe you can be that for somebody else as well if you're looking at your own relationships wondering how you might be able to show up sometimes it's just a kind word sometimes it's just a some simple gesture but it makes a big difference so thank you to everybody hope you guys have a great day thank you so much for being here with me if you found this to be valuable for you please hit the like And subscribe button if you're facing particular struggles that you need help with or roadblocks that you're running into please submit a question I'd be happy to answer it for you foreign [Music]