I have had several extended days of writing, constructing business models, and taking care of the things in life that one needs to even if you do not want to. After unending hours with my head buried in documents, living in the virtual world of my mind, and being present while feeling helpless at a funeral, I am struck by a overwhelming sense of thankfulness.
I am thankful for the people in life that care and love, especially when I make it difficult for them. From a New York response at 5.30 am on a Sunday to one recovering from a stress driven outburst and on to others finding and holding on to their true hearts, there are people and reasons for thanksgiving.
I appreciate the gifts of insight and beauty others continue to share with me. But for your eyes and willingness to draw my attention to them, I would have missed seeing hope and wonder alive and moving in the world around me. It is in each that I see myself changing from the inside out. It is visible, tangible, and wonderful.
I carry a renewed sense of being alive with purpose. Sometimes, as events remind me, it takes blunt instruments to reawaken and refocus my energies. As I look to the past and future, I realize how much is possible in the moment at hand. Life can be dominated by the uncertainty, pain, and lingering sadness. In your life and mine, there are far too many reference points where evil has taken its toll. Within the darkness there is light and hope.
For the many gifts of hope, compassion, and caring that I have been given, to those that have been God’s hands, ears, and voice I would offer a psalm of thankfulness. “Blessed be God forever and always! Yes. Oh, yes.” (Psalm 89.51)
You help me see what I already have.
You gift me with the hope of what I could be.
You strengthen me in the moment that is now.
Thank-you for being in my life and heart. You are gods.
