'Gratefulness in the character is like fragrance

in the flower.'

---- Hazrat Inayat Khan.

When our worries suddenly outnumber

our joys, when our thoughts become hurried

and unfocused, we can stop what we're doing.

Every moment carries small surprises:

the movements of a spider traversing the windowsill,

the wind blowing leaves in spirals in the air.

Our lives are full of gifts, if we will see them:

we have our bodies, our breath, our beliefs.

We have a private collection of memories and dreams.

We have the support of the earth under our feet,

the support of our mind to travel the past, the

present, and the future.

To turn inward to appreciate these wonders is the

practice of gratitude, a nearly lost art.

Today I'll practice gratitude. By remembering

what I've been given, I'll discover new treasure within myself.

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"While everything around me is ever changing,
ever dying, there underlying that change is a living
power that is changeless, that holds all together,
that creates, dissolves and recreates.................
For I can see in the midst of death, life persists;
in the midst of untruth, truth persists; in the midst
of darkness, light persists.
                                      Mohandas Gandhi.
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