I’m finding that pausing to feel gratitude is deeply restful, much in the same way as pausing to take a deep breath calms the body and mind. When I am feeling the gratitude, nothing else is distracting me; I am truly in the moment. Gratitude becomes an oasis of peace in a dry desert, an island of calm in a stormy sea, a ray of sunshine that pokes through the clouds of doubt.
Those tiny moments add up. They become visceral memories to experience again and again. They change me. They challenge me to look for new joys every day. I’m learning to say “Thank You” in all circumstances, regardless of how I may want to judge them. What is this difficulty teaching me? Thank you for the lesson. Where are the things of beauty? All around me - thank you. What am I going to do? Thank you for choices. I have this moment. Thank you.
On this beautiful day, as the sun shines in blue skies, as I read, as I visit others, as I encounter people living their lives, as I drive, as I play, as I simply contemplate, I will allow the gift of the deep breath of gratitude to both ground me and elevate me.
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