In Gratitude

I can always find something to be thankful for. Actually, I have noticed a direct correlation between my state of thanksgiving and my awareness of peacefulness.

I must admit that I have found myself in situations where giving thanks was not my first inclination. What I have learned though, is that my ability to cultivate and maintain an attitude of gratitude, greatly hastens my return to peace, when disruption occurs.

Sometimes my thankfulness is simply being grateful that "this too shall pass". When I have allowed my life experience to be less than peaceful, I have learned to give thanks that everything is temporary.

Being in gratitude for something is just another way of expressing love. Amazing how being in-love and being at peace are so interrelated isn't it?