Blessings

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Counting our Blessings...

Blessings





In response to my post
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
there was a great cross pollinating
of ideas

Wisteria ~ Koson

A number of you felt that Kindness
or Loving Kindness and Compassion
were constants
Others of you suggested
Hope
faith
Equanimity
Peace
Universal Love
Honour and Integrity
Love for Parents
Flow and Impermanence
Change
and
The Human Spirit



as constants in your life
and worthy of the
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
claim

Irises ~ Hosukai





Whist reading your interesting responses
I became aware
that we had neglected to mention
one of the most powerful
energies in life
A quality that almost has
a magical nature

Lillies ~ Hosukai





and that is Gratitude



Gratitude has the power
to open the heart
quieten our mind
calm the emotions


to shift our thinking
from the world
of have nots
or needs
to the world of haves
a world of enough

a place of emotional
and spiritual wellbeing










Hydrangea ~ Osauga Yuichi




Gratitude carries us
from a sense of emptiness
and wanting
to a place of fullness
and plenty









Orange Orchids ~ Hosukai




The expression of gratitude
harnesses a positive energy
that paints our world
in the colours
of abundance

Hibiscus and Sparrow ~ Hosukai




Appreciation effects our attitudes
our behaviours
our posture
demeanour
and body language

Poppies ~ Hosukai

We can learn to notice
and be thankful,
to count our Blessings
for each day's gifts
of health
abundance
creativity
people
places
and things

Chrysanthemums and Bee ~ Hosukai





Gratitude felt
for the contents
of Yesterday
gives us a feeling of meaning
and coherence
in our lives



Gratitude for the joys
of Today
brings us peace
calm
and a sense of plenty

Pink Magnolia ~ Koson

The expression of Gratitude
is like sowing seeds
creating a vision
and a blueprint
that will flower
and line the way
on a path of Pollen
Tomorrow...

Sakura ~ Hosukai

~ Gratitude ~


Yesterday


Today


Tomorrow






Oh Happy Days...

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