How do you express your gratitude?
I’ll tell you when I really started living a life of gratitude.
The thing that first opened the door of gratitude was having my first child. Such a surreal experience to grow life. Absolutely miraculous. So much love. You think you know what love is, and then you have a child. It’s such a different expression of love.
Having my child revealed to me how I was just as miraculous to exist and to be here living in this world. I began to love myself.
Another thing that really provoked me to enter through the door of gratitude and walk through was I began watching space/universe documentaries and such. I mean, you know how small you are in comparison to the world but when I was watching these documentaries I was just thinking, “holy crap, how is any of this possible.” I began to ask so many questions and really began to notice the great creator and his creations.
I look at nature in such a different way, I began to notice how everything is connected and how nothing is really independent. It’s so beautiful.
So I say a lot of silent prayers or thanks you in my head. I smile at nature, I take time to watch the sunsets, I give my children lots of grace and myself, I work on patience, I take my time, I read, I write, I speak often with my children that everyday is a gift, I let myself cry, I let myself scream, I allow myself to feel, I say sorry, I forgive, I forgive myself, I let it go….
Allowing myself these things helps me to be a better human, mother, wife, friend, neighbor, example….
I remind myself often that I am loved and that I am a miracle. That all of THIS is a miracle. And that helps me to live a life of gratitude and express gratitude daily.
Thank for reading, always.
The Wild Gems 