Gratefulness Trumps Smell

I was lamenting the ails of the aged yesterday one of which was the loss of the sensitivity of ones senses.  As we age we cannot see, hear, feel smell or taste as well.  I was sitting by the river and longed to smell the richness of it like I could before and now can only on occasion.  As I considered it I became aware of how much more grateful I had become for the rewards of my senses, the rich smells and tastes that were so common in my youth and are less frequent today.  I have less sense sensitivity but more gratefulness and it dawned on me…I had come out the richer.