Gratitude does not recline in an oversized armchair, stuffed and surrounded in luxury, declaring, "I'm so thankful for what I have."
Gratitude leaves our mouths and arms open wide in wonder that WE EXIST when there could have been absolute no-thing-ness.
Gratitude makes us bare and vulnerable to the truth that nothing at all can be earned...everything we have is gifted by the ancestral universe.
Gratitude illuminates our rich happiness as intrinsically connected to all others' well-being.
Gratitude deepens the hunger to empty our pockets and lighten our packs to be more available to the Source, to nourish our Earth siblings, to share the infinite abundance of Life.
Gratitude requires us to investigate why everyone does not have enough.
Gratitude demands we defend the land, water, air, and diversity of this planet: our common birthrights.
Gratitude implores us to take only what we need so that others might live.
Gratitude insists that we care for each other in messy, challenging, unpopular, radical ways.
Gratitude is the sigh at the end of a day well-spent, whether with tears or pain or belly-aching laughter or deep soul gazes or whatever it took to feed our Children, whispering, "I am blessed to make the most of being alive."
Gratitude is the only redemptive final prayer.
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