The Trick to Keeping your Balance: Gratitude

Some rainy day musings on keeping my balance. Enjoy.

Gratitude

Thank you for the sun that warms and lights my way.

Thank you for the darkness.

May it teach me to look more closely.

Thank you for friends and loved ones who delight my heart.

Thank you for my foes.

May they show me the flaws in my own character.

Thank you for the smooth path that leads to relaxation.

Thank you for the rocky road.

May it be my greatest teacher.

Thank you for successes, celebrated with friends.

Thank you for my losses.

May they teach me humility and compassion.

Thank you for this human life, the greatest gift of all.

Thank you for mortality.

May it make the gift all the more precious.