Observed this year on Saturday, April 8, National All Is Ours Day takes us along three views of appreciation. If you choose, you can celebrate each approach to the day or pick the one that best suits you. 

• The first approach can be considered a time to reflect on all the beauty of nature and all the beautiful things in life. Rarely do we have the time to explore all that nature offers us. Something as simple as the variety of birds that inhabit a local park or backyard can surprise us. Venturing further out, we can discover our National Parks or trail system. Whether we look up to the skies or closer at the new spring blooms, taking in our surroundings is a spectacular gift. 
  
  
• The second approach is to celebrate the day by appreciating everything we have. Even when we don’t have much, what we do have is a blessing. This approach encourages counting those blessings and avoiding thinking about the things we do not have.  
  
  
• A third approach is to view the day by sharing everything we have. Regardless of what we have, sharing it seems to make tough times more manageable when we all work together. The most significant times and the greatest things in life are those that are shared.