There’s power in simplicity…
and in gratitude…
and in presence…
and in Love…
…and it’s all at your fingertips.
Power will always be sold to us as something external to obtain. The reality is it’s totally an inside job and it’s flow and availability only increases the more we use it.
Rain that wakes you up in the middle of the night, the smell of coffee even before you experience the taste, the regrouping period after a laugh attack, and the orchid that calls your name when you walk in the local market…these are the recognized gifts of those who are awake to the grace peppered over their moments. If we can stay in such a state of awareness, we will turn every corner with holy and eager anticipation.
As you approach this week be on the lookout for the small, the mostly overlooked, and even the moments you would typically avoid (getting out of bed at 3 am to watch the rain).
Gratitude opens the gate to the garden of our souls. And if that garden is available and can receive the seeds, sun, and rain it needs to flourish then you just may find the theme of life that every human is longing for.
Our job is to open the gate and part the veil to make the garden available. It’s Another’s job to provide the seed, sun, and rain.
To be open and available with a grounding ‘Thank you’, truly, is a WONDERful place to point your days.
Delayed gratification and The Law of the Harvest pair very well.
Mundane is magic.
Mystery is to be embraced.
Gratitude is a great ‘noise’ reducer.
If it’s true it will set you free.
That’s what gratitude is. It’s the red carpet.
It’s the path rolled out for us so that we can walk wide-eyed, ear-tuned, and grounded, but with elevated senses towards all of the eclecticism that so beautifully surrounds us.
Oh, and you can’t forget this red carpet is padded with humility and bound by grace. It questions, “can you believe this?” and responds with a speechless, undeserving acknowledgement of the ungraspable.
When you know you’re on a path, you sure can take a lot more in.
Look around. Prepare the way.
…gratitude.
And it’s like the sun.
If you gaze into it long enough, it’s image will burn it’s glow into everywhere else you look.
Gratitude seizes ordained opportunity, silences pessimism, and illuminates the intrinsic beauty that is so easily be overlooked.
Here’s the catch: you don’t want to miss this.
Ashton.Gustafson 