Can I Get a Thank You?

In the commonality of life, the repetition of waking up and going to sleep and with every media outlet blasting constant images.  You make the morning coffee at exactly 7:15, everything seems to flow according to the tick tock.  You rush out the door after putting on the clothes you laid out the night before.  You are being pulled in multiple direction, constant lists and futuristic thoughts.  Your day either flies by or creeps as slow as if every minutes was a drop of sap falling from a tree.  Its the cycle of life, its the flow of a working man and it becomes so consistent I wonder if we factor other things into this routine.  Its like we almost shut off our brains (even though we are clearly using them) and go on autopilot.  Like a pilot on a commercial jet, we sit back and go on cruise control.  I always hear people say "man that year flew by" as if they weren't the driver in the race car, the pilot in their plane or the writer of their story.

Now I stop you and I'm going to ask you to consciously think.  I want you to be quiet enough to hear your voice that no one else can hear.  I have a question for you, when was the last time you gave gratitude for everything you have?  Maybe its been awhile since you have observed your world and gave some amount if any amount of thanks to it.  If you can't see any good in it how can more good come to you.  You have legs, eyes to read this fabulous blog and enough comprehension to use your computer.

Without gratitude this life can be seen as pretty cruel and equally as dark.  After a very bad breakup, all I could think of was how grateful I was.  Even through the confusion and despair of a broken heart I couldn't help to not see the good and blessing in it all.  Part of the blessing was never having to deal with it again.  But I gave it, I saw it and I released it.  During the battle I watched those around me pull together and no matter how bad it got it could have always been harder, darker and more cruel to me.  Instead of seeing it as a bad, I turned it around and saw good.

And now I must ask you to stop, clear your mind, sit in calmness and ask yourself this question, what are you grateful for?  When you hold it in your mind and feel it in your heart, what makes you feel thankful?  What is strong enough in your life to say thank you for?  When was the last time gratitude has been given to the things around you..

Today is the day to give gratitude and trust me things won't seem so dark and cruel.  I challenge you to factor it in everyday until your gratitude grows like a seed in your heart that will eventually bloom flowers in your life.

Right now I am grateful that you choose to be one of 1,000 people viewing my blog, for that I say thank you to you!