Grateful and Thankful

I am grateful for the ability to take into my being life’s sweet exhale.
I am grateful for my ability to witness the dance of light and energy, to call it beauty.
I am grateful for my ability to feel all life’s texture and know I’m connected.
I am grateful for my ability to partake in life’s plenty so I can fuel my joy.
I am grateful for my ability to hear the music of the sphere so that I can know peace.

I am thankful for the spirits who walked this earth before me,
I am thankful for those who I stand along side, for they hold me up when I stumble.
I am thankful for those who come when I have need, call or duty.
I am thankful those who stand against me; for against their will, they still push me forward.
I am thankful for the sovereignty of the tapestry of life, even if the weft and warp fight the loom.

I am grateful for family without whom I would have no gifts and opportunities.
I am grateful for the folks who spent time with me, even if that time was fleeting.
I am grateful for those who have given so much, and by happenstance, gave to me.
I am grateful for the one who held my hand through my life’s path, and as yet, has not let go.
I am most grateful for all that pumps and surges through me, the electricity that fires our imperfect bodies.

Of all of this, I give thanks.

to all on this day, and all days, of giving thanks