I am so grateful. For Me. For You. For the eyes to read this and the ability to put my thoughts down in words. I am grateful for the Mysteries of our Universe, the way they unfold before us, ripe for the taking. I am grateful to live on an island surrounded by the most powerful and awe inspiring power on earth, the ocean. I am grateful for how small I feel when standing beside the ocean or under a star-lit sky. For it is those moments of feeling small that we realize the Grand-ness of it All. We can simultaneously feel completely alone and unequivocally connected to All-That-Is...in one breathless moment of Awe-someness. I am grateful for the loving, devoted gazes of my children. For the feeling of being totally responsible for another human being but in that same breath knowing that they have their own wings to fly, this is their journey. I am grateful for the opportunity to shape the way they see the world and how they live in it. It is our children who somehow give us a second chance at Living, if we choose it. Our children give us the opportunity to look to the depths of our own Souls and find what needs light...and I am grateful. I am grateful to the people who I think I dont like, because I know it is those very people who show me exactly what I dont like in myself, and from that comes the chance to love and accept myself even more, to understand and embrace imperfection and humility. I am grateful for all the foolish materialistic things in my life. The shelter of my home, comfort of a warm bed, favorite pajamas, fresh brewed tea and fine wine. Being surrounded by beautiful artwork, glittering healing crystals, blasting good music, a desk to sit at and write, a blazing fireplace, reliable mode of transportation, a big table to gather around with friends and family to share love and laughter. I am grateful for all the pain Ive suffered and all the tears Ive shed...for I know that in the moments of my deepest sorrows and despair come the crystal clarity of LIFE. The darkness makes it possible to find new light, razors edge clarity of an unrealized Truth that cannot be found anywhere else but in the lonely dark corners. When we find our strength and courage to keep going, to keep LIVING, we come out on the other side with more wisdom then we went in with, polishing another facet of the beautiful Gems that we are. I am grateful for knowing the Fragility of Life...and letting it bring me to my knees...and open my heart completely. With an open heart comes the opportunity to let it all in, to feel it, to see it, to know it- that LIFE is beautiful, magical, not to be squandered. The fragility of life is what makes it most precious- we must seize the moment, live the moment, BE the moment. For all the blessings that we have and that we are, are for our APPRECIATION. When we acknowledge our fragility we have the chance to be humbled, the chance for opening, the chance to love- all that is. We can find our compassionate heart, the heart that knows that we are all connected. We are all One. That the tapestry of Life is of our own creation and imaginings, and that we can reach out and grab the hand of another and feel our Compassion grow to envelope all the Mysteries of Our Universe. I am grateful for YOU. I am grateful for ME. I am grateful for All That IS...ripe for the taking. -written by Michaela Gouveia...Thankgiving 2013. all rights reserved.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 16:04:39 +0000
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