Woodinville, WA · between grateful and growing
The opposite of gratitude isn't ingratitude. In Woodinville, as everywhere, it's autopilot: the cruise control that feels like progress until you check the map.
And this is Woodinville: part of greater Seattle, full of people who built a good life on purpose and still feel the pull toward more Which is why the smallest next step beats the biggest someday.
🎧 A note for Woodinville readers (in her voice)
“There is a fine line between gratefulness and complacency. One brings peace. The other slowly convinces you to settle.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency
Comfort will never fire you. It only ever sidelines you gently.
The chapters move quickly — late-90s nostalgia, group chats, marriages, careers, perfectionism — each one ending with an observation you'll repeat before you realize you memorized it.
Is this a religious book? No — it's a personal-growth memoir-essay hybrid with universal themes. Readers of any background (or none) quote it the same way.
Why is it only $0.99 on Kindle? To make the decision easy. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, and the $14.99 paperback is the same book in a format you can gift.
Trade twenty minutes of scrolling for the first chapter of There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — free on KU, $0.99 on Kindle, $14.99 paperback.
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