There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
It’s easy to be thankful for gifts and presents, it’s a natural consequence of receiving. However, there’s a deeper wellspring of gratitude that gets tapped when it occurs as a result of life’s more difficult moments.
The joy of thanks for ‘stuff’ is quite different than the joy of ‘being.’ Think of those moments when a torrent of gratitude has been unleashed in your world: the overwhelming sensation of life-infused breath, the expansion of your heart into infinity, the unbounded grace that clothes a specific instant in paradox. It could be the birth of your child, the death of a loved one, the achievement of a longed for goal.
These moments stop the clock and suspend you in an infinite state of being. They are worlds apart from mundane moments. A routine ‘thank you’, or ‘you’re welcome’ pales in comparison. Your whole BEing resonates in thanks. Your every breath is a cosmic communion, your body movement is deliberate and imbued with conscious intent, your rapt attention brings everything alive in a new way.
The grace of gratitude transcends the ‘ordinariness’ of giving or receiving. Gratitude graces YOU with the gift of BEing…
Image: Nature’s Graph, Wild Xplorer
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Adela, I am loving all of these,so gentle and connecting from deep within my core. WONDERFUL
It feels like a welcome home place, Rosemary, familiar and one I know well… we ALL do! Thanks for connecting, darling.