I must apologize for not having my blog posted yet this morning. I have been here trying to write it for 3 hours now and every time I write something I find myself pressing the delete button. I guess you could say I have a lot on my mind. I realize that by writing this blog, I have a responsibility to detach myself from certain situations so that I am not writing with bias or malice in my heart. The human side of you when feels threatened immediately looks for ways to retaliate, to even the score, to win but does anyone really come out ahead. When you really examine the core of the problem no one person is totally right nor is one totally wrong. We act on impulse, we say things that really we don’t mean, we become hurt and disappointed and in the end, a day from now life still carries on. So I am going to try to write with my gut this morning and not my heart because my heart is still confused and troubled and until it sorts it way out, I believe it is better remaining still and quiet.
Under these conditions I choose today to write about Gratitude. The exact meaning in the dictionary is (a feeling of thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received). I believe that in today’s world this word is taken for granted. Sure we say we’re thankful for our blessings, our family, health, home etc but if there is a glimmer of anger or bitterness in our hearts towards anyone then how can we expect gratitude to bless us? To receive the grace we must cultivate gratitude within each action, word spoken (or unspoken) and by example.
When a Cancer Survivor says that they are thankful for the gift of a new day, they expressed the true meaning. They were so close to loss that they experience the true meaning of gratitude that everything they have is of such great significance to them. Just having the opportunity to see another sunrise, watch their children run and laugh, smell a rose, to them time is not something you waste being right or wrong, it is just "being”. Why must the rest of us wait until loss because so close to realize what our true blessings are? I don’t want to receive a strong jolt awakening me to show me what I truly am grateful for and that is my family. I could lose my health and probably accept it more easily than if I lost any one of my family members. For they are the life force that drives me forward. The inspiration that feeds my heart, without them I am nothing but with them I am everything. So take these words and truly look deep for the meaning in your heart: are you truly grateful for your blessings and if you are then show it every day by example as though it were your last.
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