Gratitude

Gratitude, where have you been the last few weeks? I forgot to visit you. I got caught in my emotions and in the oceans of my mind. Distracted by the pain of worry, of lack of control, of unmet expectations, I was not fully present to be here, right now, with you. I was there and I thought about you, but somehow I could not feel you in my heart. The truth is, my expectations for how I wanted things to happen, got in the way of living and enjoying what it is. I live in my mind, in the past or future, of what I wished it could have been and what I hope for it to become. How often am I here, right now?

This is the place where gratitude lives, its the home of the present moment. To be grateful that all experiences brought me to be here, in this place and time, the only moment that truly exists, right now. Everywhere else is an illusion, a construct of our mind: our interpretations of yesterday and our visions for the future.

It is here now, that I call back to you gratitude, to come visit me for a moment and to fill my heart with your love and tenderness. Firstly beginning in my center, filling me with the gratitude of being alive, gratitude for the breath I take, gratitude for my body, gratitude for the warm food in my belly, gratitude for never lacking anything, gratitude for home and safety, gratitude for the beautiful trees and plants that surround me, gratitude for my life experiences, for all learnings, gratitude for the challenges in my life and growing to overcome them, gratitude for my family and all the love I have received, gratitude for all my friends and beautiful people I have met throughout my life, gratitude for everything I have learnt with them, gratitude for the opportunity to heal my soul, gratitude for the opportunity to contribute, to walk my own life path, gratitude for Mother Earth and the Heavenly Father, and for all creation, gratitude for life, gratitude for love, gratitude for truth.

And thank you gratitude, for visiting me today. May we meet tomorrow again. May my heart find its way to quiet my mind and reach the door to your home. With a gentle knock, I greet you again: "Hello gratitude..."