Gratitude Is More Than Thank You

The world is a gift. It is given. We didn't make or earn it. We come out of this gift of the world. We are a gift of it. We and the air, water, soil, and food are all gifts that we can be happy about and that can foster our wanting to reciprocate. We could relate to the earth with gratitude rather than trash it. I think I have many times deepened a relationship through gratitude. Gratitude for the other and our relationship can foster allowing the relationship to be deeper. What helps me see all that I have as a gift is waking up to seeing that so much of the basic building blocks of my life were given to me, not made or earned by me. Even much that I have done with what I have been given I have done with abilities that are a gift. It think there is nothing but gift.