Spiritual Living Blog
A Season of Gratitude
The season where we want to cultivate an “attitude of gratitude” is upon us. And that has me thinking about why gratitude is such an important spiritual concept and practice. For some time now I have prepared for bed each night with my own gratitude ritual. I end my day, each day, taking a few moments (or even seconds) to express thanks for all the wonderful people, events, challenges, surprises and mysteries of my life. And I do this regardless of what has happened that day - whether the news has been good or bad - whether I have felt well or ill - whether dreams have manifested or died - whether I have been a gracious expression of my divine nature or a comic misadventure at play in the world (you’d be amazed at how often THAT happens!).
Most of all I find that my gratitude ritual helps me keep perspective and a sense of humor about my own spiritual unfoldment. It reminds me always that I remain a work in progress - an unfinished piece of magnificent art, sculpted by an unseen hand committed to revealing the beauty within. Gratitude turns our attention away from our national obsession with imperfection and back to the divine reality of the present moment. And, in the present moment, we are always and forever safe, loved, eternal and in perfection. I think the Divine gift is to see all life as a mosaic of an image ever evolving. If you can observe the work from just the right distance you can see the total unbroken whole of light and radiance rather than the individual jagged bits of color and shape. My gratitude ritual reminds me I am part of the brilliant whole and softens the jagged edges of my being, bringing me into harmony with the creative source.
So, in this season of gratitude my wish is that you open to the grateful heart within. As you do, may you receive all the blessings of the season and of each other.
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