This is a combo Friday Attitude of Gratitude post, & Wellness/Balance Tip. Apologies for the length, but this post is intended to and does include a lot of substantive, hopefully helpful, perhaps inspirational information-- or at least a nugget or two of knowledge that will provide a positive effect on your mind/body/spirit. This week we celebrated Independence Day, aka "4th of July". Some have complained about it happening in the middle of the week; however, we had the gi