Feeling grateful, probably more than any other emotion, keeps us sane.
A grateful heart helps us keep our perspective on life by keeping us grounded both internally and externally at the same time, reminding us that the external world (experienced through our senses and experiences) and the internal world (our thoughts, feelings and reactions) are intimately entwined.
Always.
Our carte blanche gratefulness is the music we play, inviting these two dimensions of life to dance freely together, one taking the lead and then the other, while we criss-cross the floor of life.
We have other choices. Fear, for instance. But to dance with our fears--be they authentic or imagined--is dangerous. We lose not only our sense of wellbeing, we lose our bearings--the foundational ones that help us choose which decisions to make and which actions to take.
Finally, gratefulness also helps us see what we otherwise miss in the face of fear; things like our strengths--which often lay dormant and oddly invisible to us; things like our options--which can be hard to perceive while immersed in the paralyzing fog of our fears; and things like our ever present capacity for creativity--which is the pathway we must walk in order to move through and beyond them.
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.”(Philippians 4:4 NRSV Bible)
TODAY.
LET’S GIVE THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.
LET’S THINK ABOUT JUST BEING GRATEFUL. PERIOD.
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