Attitude of Graditute

Gratitude come naturally when one fast or eats a little but it is hard to conjure up when one is full and feels fat.

Scripture scholars tell us that the uniqueness of “Love Your Enemies”, found in the Gospels, probably means it is something Jesus really said and meant. When you see deeply into people, friends, enemies and those in between it is easier to love everyone and see them as a unique being and not judge them by actions but who they are.

Often what we are looking for to feel gratitude is right when we are, we just cannot see it. As the saying goes “We are the ones we are looking for.”

Gratitude flows from deep within the soul so when we are cluttered with all kinds of things it is hard to feel gratitude.

When we feel the presence of God, gratitude flows.

When we see God in other persons, life or nature gratitude flows.

Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude but with family and friends busy with TV sports and movies, playing games on I Pad or smart phone, it is hard to find time for gratitude.

Gratitude lives in silence, something that many of us fear.

When we have a sense of our death it is easier to find gratitude for the moments we are living.

Nature evokes gratitude as does a friend with a helping hand.

When we are ignored it is hard to find gratitude, since the one doing the ignoring or showing the indifference is not recognizing our being and existence. It is easier to be rejected than ignored.

An attitude of gratitude goes a long way in making friends or melting the hearts of enemies.

Gratitude grows naturally as a rose does on a cultivated rose bush.

Being grateful is hard in a times of war, violence and injustice.

Our present Thanksgiving has roots in the Puritan tradition of Days of Fasting or Days or Days of Thanksgiving in response to events that the Puritans viewed as acts of special providence.

So if today is a Day of Thanksgiving when is the National Day of Fasting? Will we have football games on TV on the Day of Fasting?

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