We tend to focus so much on the material of our lives, that we forget our sense of joy, peace, and purpose has less to do with the “what” of life than it does our experience of that “what.” Gratitude enables us to see, to really tap into, what is going on in our lives. Like the aperture on a camera, gratitude dictates the amount of light that we receive in life.
Without gratitude, we will always sense that there is more for us and that reality, as it is, is never quite adequate.
This is why gratitude may be the most urgent investment of all. What we are looking for isn’t to be found in the future. It’s already here, and here will always be the only place you can find it. With each passing day we decide to push off gratitude until tomorrow is another day that we fail to receive the gift of life before us.
THIS WEEK: Take a minute to be grateful for the gift that is you. To experience that you are in fact a good thing and that your inherent goodness finds its fulfillment shared with the world. Very few people ever really learn to truly love and appreciate their inherent goodness… but you can learn.
All the best,
Steve Lawson - Monk Manual Founder
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