The importance of being grateful

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This blog is about the importance of being grateful but before I dig into that – first I want to get into this phenomenon called the Bucket List. If you’ve never heard of that one, go find out by starting here. Have fun.

This is not about my Bucket List.

I never created one as in written one down.

This is about My Gratitude List.

There is a simple reason for wanting to draft up My Gratitude List.

The power of gratitude is simply amazing.

Being grateful is humbling.

Gratitude and truly feeling it, opens our heart.

Let’s start with a poem

I thank You God for this most amazing

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any–lifted from the no
of all nothing–human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

e.e.cummings

My Gratitude List

NrGrateful-for
1My mom and dad for falling in love & begetting me.
2My brave soul for making it all the way down here, to this planet.
3My body for serving me, day in day out, without ever complaining out loud.
4My brother for being the brave and beautiful soul he is.
5My sister for being such an incredibly good mom to my nephews.
6My dad for being this great enthusiastic inventor.
7My mom for being such an incredibly good cook.
8My one grandfather for making me jump in glacier waters.
9My one grandmother and our shared love for languages.
10My other grandmother and her love for traditions.
11My other grandfather for showing me death is not to be feared.
12My one grandmother’s sister for being such a brave & adventurous soul.
13My cat for cuddling up to me on the couch and spinning, always.
14A dear friend for having shared all of my life with me.
15A dear friend for allowing me to see her children being born.
16A dear friend for being a true soul sister.
17A dear friend for literally hiking my path with me.
18A dear friend who lights candles for me, always unexpectedly.
19All of my friends for allowing me to be who I am.
20The horses I encountered for their patient and true love.
21All of my teachers, at school, in life and in spirit.
22The mountains whose peak I was allowed to stand on.
23The waterfalls whose caresses I was allowed to feel.
24The oceans whose depths I was allowed to safely visit.
25The whales whose love I could feel pouring out and into my heart.
26The bees whose endless labour allows us to eat.
27The flowers that offered their beauty to me and asked for nothing in return.
28My lovers that showed me the way home to myself.
29My ‘enemies’ that helped harden my resolve to come home.
30My own gut, courage and strength that supported my all this time.
31My heart that simply beats. Always.
32My eyes that allow me to see. And my ears that allow me to hear.
33You. Still reading. Your attention is dear to me.

My Gratitude List is endless

This list is just the beginning. If I were to spend my entire life writing down all I am grateful for, I would not get any work done.

My list is endless.

I’m grateful for Mother Nature, for my dog, my grandparents, friends, loved ones and lovers, books I’ve read, hikes I’ve made and on and on I could go.

How about you?

What are you grateful for?

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