Going for the Gusto

 Tell me what you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?   Mary Oliver

Today I plan to visit a doctor, to help protect my wild and precious health. Then I plan to ‘feather my nest’ and work on projects that enhance the quality of my life.

This “one wild and precious life” has many more days behind than ahead of it, so I plan to fully inhabit each one. I plan to examine my personal boundaries, and push them out a little bit each day. I intend to eat mindfully, with gratitude for each bite, move my body a little more, with gratitude for movement, write, draw, appreciate all I have and all I can do, and continue to practice gratitude each day.

I think that I will emulate my kitten today by playing when I need to burn energy, eating when I’m hungry, and napping when I get tired. My playtime will fall within the parameters of work, but if I do so joyfully, I get to call it ‘play’. When I nap, it will be with the appreciation of having accomplished something. When I eat, it will be with joyful gratitude for what I feed my body. 

Gratitude guides me as I live my life. It allows me to love, serve, and remember. It encourages me to go for the gusto, as each new day unfolds.