Like Christ said love thee one another. I learned to do that and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

The appreciative smile the chuckle the soundless mirth so important to the success of comedy cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.

Especially for me growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands meet new people from the city and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table.

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.