Monday, November 20, 2017

The Magnificence of Gratitude!


November 20, 2017


 
It's been an "interesting" year. Ok, who am I kidding, it's been a challenging year!  For too many near and dear ones, and for too many I don't even know personally across the world. And guess what, it continues to be so.  Although I could lament about where the world is heading, I have to be honest that the "attached and selfish" soul within, aches more for those close to me and for all the curveballs they're facing.  For someone who is constantly harping about Gratitude, it's been a testing time.  

It's been time to put words into action and to apply one's ideologies to this ever-evolving reality show of life! It's been conflicting and confusing to reconcile the emotional-rational balance sheet. It's been challenging to process all this and it certainly has been challenging to stay on the course of Gratitude.

However, as with night and day, darkness and light, absence and presence, the challenges have also revealed so much positivity and brilliance of the human spirit, compassion, resilience, and magnanimity. Every challenge has revealed the best of the best in so many people I know: 

  • indomitable strength and resolve; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
  • infinite generosity with time, kindness, prayer, presence, and friendship
  • undeterred and single-minded focus on solutions and acceptance
  • introspection and acknowledgement of the value of human connections,  &
  • self-awareness to accept every moment with grace and gratitude, and making the most of it.

How incredible it is to be surrounded by so much positive energy and knowing that for every problem you're facing, there are so many who are willing and able to walk with you, infusing laughter along the way. And how important it is for us to do our part in sharing our energy and positivity to those around us. It doesn't take much, and can mean the world for someone. I am convinced that the collective energy of all will help carry those who are in need and further solidify this amazing human spirit and universal connectedness.

So now with every new situation that comes our way, how about we say: Bring it on!! We have an army right here with us - to make this journey not just passable but enjoyable! Perhaps if we didn't face the difficult times, we wouldn't evolve into our finest possible selves. And for that, I am so so grateful.  

Sirf ik rang se tasveer hoti kahin,
Gham nahi toh khushi ki keemat nahi
Dhoop chaaon hain dono to dilkash jahaan
Kya shikaayat karein, fursat kahaan

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundanceEckhart Tolle

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