Tonight on Thanksgiving Eve, Im counting a few of my many many gratitudes and appreciate this opportunity to share them with you. Im grateful for the loving presence of those who care for this evermore fragile body on a daily basis. Primarily Betsy who has sacrificed her carefree, easy going, active and joy-filled, freewheeling personal life to make my life as happy and easy as possible with this multiple sclerotic quadriplegia - and its working, because I am supremely happy…! :-) Boundless indescribable gratitude… Im grateful for the good health we do still have today, especially the health and well-being of my precious treasure Betsy - and for the abundance of blessings in our lives, with special thanks to those who graciously donate to help a little with my medical expenses… May you be held in the heart of lovingkindness, may you be free from inner and outer harm, may you be happy. Thankful for my ever deepening awareness of acceptance forgiveness generosity humor lovingkindness joy compassion humility patience caring sharing giving truth love purity beauty - and for the freedom I find in my personal poverty, because this so-called poverty gives me at least a tiny taste of freedom from the unbridled wanting craving desires clutching clinging to fantasies objects money status ownership assets and the like which are our human sufferings… Im deeply deeply thankful for music - and for the higher impulses of human nature we find in the urge to create, the striving for beauty and perfection in nature and in jazz, in stretching beyond our limits to exceed our previous best. I am grateful Betsy and I than those whose lives we touch havent the need to fight, lie, cheat or steal to survive, that there is not the suffering of blood in the streets outside our home and that we are not living in a drain pipe. I’m grateful that my MS primarily affects my body below the neck, not my brain and my precious senses. Thankful for somewhat heightened eyesight, hearing, taste, smell and the incredible sensitivity in my lips and tongue… I am grateful that, although not as good as I wanted to be, because Im just not that good, that at least Im not as bad as I dreaded… I am thankful for YOU…! Overwhelmingly grateful for mother nature, mother ocean, mother Africa - All Beings Processes Life Molecules And Atoms Particles Strings Frequencies Vibrations In This Trans-Dimensional omni-verse… Above all, Im grateful for the love Insight Intelligence wisdom playfulness persistence childlikeness ascension elegance Humor dedication diligence and devotion, the company and companionship, patience and poise, beauty and grace of the very very best friend/teacher/student/provider/healer/counselor/mentor/handler/caregiver one could ever want… Plus the scrumptious delectable world-class gastronomic masterpieces that emerge from Betsys kitchen each evening with love in the middle of every tender morsel. Somebody loves me, even though Im me. And thank goodness, I am learning more about love And Presence And Gratitude And Happiness In The Simplicity Of each and every moment. I am a very lucky boy… Your Pal, Brother Clay
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 06:20:42 +0000
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