Hello my loves,
I’d like to talk a bit about Gratitude.
In America we have just finished our Thanksgiving holiday which is
traditionally an occasion to watch American football on TV, overeat
and perhaps to take a moment to look around and see if there is
anything to be thankful for. This latter is where it gets interesting.
Some people have no difficulty rattling off a long string of things
that they are grateful for. Others can barely come up with one. As far
as they are concerned the world is going to hell in a hand basket.
Economic disaster is just around the corner. The ice cap is melting.
Cancer is everywhere. Violence is in the air.
What is responsible for such a difference?
It would be easy to dismiss the question with the simple observation
that some people are optimists and others pessimists but it really
goes much deeper than that. On the surface it is plain to see that
there are events we consider good and others we consider bad. When our
attention is focused on the good we are happy and optimistic, when
focused on the bad we are sad and pessimistic. Optimists tell
pessimists to quit being so negative and to focus on all the joy and
beauty that abounds. Pessimists tell optimists to quit being so
airy-fairy and to recognize that there are enormous problems
threatening our very existence.
Gratitude within the context of the Living Teaching transcends such
limited, polaric attitudes. We recognize that life is by its very
nature rich and complex. It has always contained within it the seeds
for annihilation and resurrection. We cannot possibly predict what the
future will hold. In the Living Teaching we abide in the wisdom of
BOTH. The positive and negative are recognized as the essential
building blocks of the manifest world. We are grateful for the lack of
limitation which makes anything possible and live comfortably in the
vastness of the present moment.
May it find you now!
Much love,
Wayne
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