Gratitude shouldn't be like an expensive perfume
Only brought out on special occasions
A spray here, a dab there.
Exclusive.
Gratitude should be like water -
Vast oceans and bubbling springs
Cleansing showers and flowing faucets.
Life-giving.
Gratitude should be tiny and giant all at once.
Like a galaxy
Massive and overwhelming
Filled with infinite details.
Appreciate the seemingly never-endingness
But.
Look closely!
Find exquisite details and meditate on the Creator of constellations.
Appreciate. Notice.
The tart taste of cranberry-apple tea on my tongue
My bare feet resting on blades of green grass
Delightful bird music and airplanes flying and cars driving
The smell of dead leaves and fresh fields
What does your soul see?
Express. Acknowledge.
In poem or song
or simple thought
in stillness or dancing
When full of joy, or burnt out in life, or crushed by sorrow -
drink the life-giving water of gratitude.
And in doing so, you will hear the love song of the Creator for you.
Only brought out on special occasions
A spray here, a dab there.
Exclusive.
Gratitude should be like water -
Vast oceans and bubbling springs
Cleansing showers and flowing faucets.
Life-giving.
Gratitude should be tiny and giant all at once.
Like a galaxy
Massive and overwhelming
Filled with infinite details.
Appreciate the seemingly never-endingness
But.
Look closely!
Find exquisite details and meditate on the Creator of constellations.
Appreciate. Notice.
The tart taste of cranberry-apple tea on my tongue
My bare feet resting on blades of green grass
Delightful bird music and airplanes flying and cars driving
The smell of dead leaves and fresh fields
What does your soul see?
Express. Acknowledge.
In poem or song
or simple thought
in stillness or dancing
When full of joy, or burnt out in life, or crushed by sorrow -
drink the life-giving water of gratitude.
And in doing so, you will hear the love song of the Creator for you.
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