Thoughts

For many years of this lifetime I knew nothing of gratitude. I knew only of self-indulgence, whether overt or covert. Later I learned of the principle of Gratitude, or at least the part of saying "Thank You" when I received something that pleased some part of me. And then I was introduced to the concept that everything had purpose and was exactly the way it was suppose to be. Hmmmmm.....that was a bite that my ego had difficulty swallowing. You mean I was to be grateful for EVERYTHING? And the answer that resonates w/ me is: YES! I soon found out that the only way for myself to be able to do that was with Love, which meant freeing this world of any attachment I had created. An analogy that I would offer would be akin to the football player that makes that long touchdown run and reverently drops to his knee and points to the sky in apparent gratitude. However in another case as he was running down field and FUMBLED the ball to the opposing team, just before scoring, he would then, also, drop to one knee pointing to the sky w/ the same thank you.