{Gratitude}

To Gratitude,

[gratitude]

the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and return kindness

            I too often forget and too often take you for granted, gratitude. To you, the one who sustains through the struggles and successes. To one of many (but maybe most important?) feeling and expression that makes the good to the great and the little into the extraordinary and the plain into magnificent.

            Observe the beautiful world around. Look up, look out, look around to the sights, the sounds, the people. See the beauty in these delights. What did the sunset look like this morning, or the sunrise last night? To the bike ride, the good book, the hot tea or the crispy bacon. To the warm smile, that easy chair, or the drawing from a Kindergartner.

            But, remember also gratitude in the hard moments. The moments that just make you want to yell, to scream, to curl up in a ball and forget – those moments, which so starkly show the difference between the dark and the light, are good reminders that what we have should be cherished, loved. Shown gratitude. 

Inspired by:

Podcast, Good Life Project | Brene Brown: Vulnerable is Not Weak

Today’s Letters, Em Loerke