Loving the world when it's easy and beautiful - that is gratitude. Noticing and loving the places where love is yet needed - the places where you are needed - that gives satisfaction and purpose. Being filled with wonder each day at Creation, the vastness of the empty sky and thy tiniest of creatures, .that is beauty.
remember coming home to a cat that had just given birth to five tiny kittens and being astonished at the wonder of new life! I witnessed my thirteen year old daughter having studied and memorized Torah for her Bat Mitzvah and being amazed at the clarity, musicality and resonance of her voice, and confidence in delivery.
For some time now, I journal each morning and list at least five things I"m grateful for. Once I get going with five, the list grows. It sets my mind right at the beginning of the day to notice what's right, and also the places that need my love care and attention.
On Apr 14, 2020 joan wrote :
remember coming home to a cat that had just given birth to five tiny kittens and being astonished at the wonder of new life! I witnessed my thirteen year old daughter having studied and memorized Torah for her Bat Mitzvah and being amazed at the clarity, musicality and resonance of her voice, and confidence in delivery.
For some time now, I journal each morning and list at least five things I"m grateful for. Once I get going with five, the list grows. It sets my mind right at the beginning of the day to notice what's right, and also the places that need my love care and attention.