Gratitude
Gratitude
For such a short time we are here, gifted years by silent explosions in the deep nothing of space. We are the star-dusted blips on the timeline of all things, half of a half of a blink in the history of it all. While we are here we have a choice on how to tumble through our time; we can find every possible way the galaxy has let us down, the pitfalls and terrible defeats, all we believe we do not have, or we can go another way. We can wake in awe and wonder, we can chase light and miracles hiding in so many unassuming places, we can repeat two words like a mantra, no matter what comes: Thank you. Thank you for the starlight that shines inside us, thank you for the moonlight above. Thank you. In an eternity of darkness, this half blink, this momentary blast of color and light, is so much more than enough. -Tyler Knott Gregson
And what’s more, you are enough. If you think about it, we are all a complete success. We are actually one of the greatest, most unbelievable, most victorious creations that has ever lived. It is only a failure of our imagination and recognition that prevents us from pausing sometimes to revel at how incredibly, categorically, ridiculously and astronomically lucky and great we all are.
How cool is it that the Divine Force that created the jungles of time and space, oceans, planets and galaxies, looked at you and thought the world needs one of you too? And poof – here we are.
We were born into what I consider an ‘auspicious age’, in that we are living in a time of incredible mobility, astrophysics, inconceivable medical advancement, just to name a few. Five hundred years ago we were throwing our trash out the window and then wading through its decay on the streets. Five hundred years from now, the planet will be a technological quandary. But right here, right now, we are given the opportunity to experience life in a way that we have never before and may never be able to again.
So I challenge us all to try and live more from a place of gratitude and less from a place of basing our happiness upon a socially prescribed lifestyle that keeps us constantly in need of more and in search of an obscure ‘pot of gold’. You already are that pot of gold. So expect miracles. Choose people who choose you. Don’t push, but instead follow that all-knowing magnetic pull. Wait without anxiety. Forget the mistake but remember the lesson. Be the story that you always wanted to tell. If you get knocked down, add more lipstick (or beard balm) and attack. Know the universe has your back. Don’t forget to fall in love with yourself. And most importantly, have a damn fun time in the process. That breath you just took was a miracle…
You’re already an illustrious triumph.
So cheers to you!
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