Gratefulness is not just a response we make to the beauty and goodness we've received from the Creator and from this amazing Earth. Rather, gratefulness is itself perhaps the major gift WE give the Whole. For we are the mind and heart of the cosmos, allowing the beauty and goodness of all things to celebrate themselves through our perception, both inward and outward. Each of us is important in this task, for every person has a unique vantage point for gazing upon the world and its sacredness. Here, no two perspectives are the same. It is our calling as artists of life to discover the ways in which all of these perspectives - all of these ways of being grateful - complement one another and contribute to the greater Whole. This Thanksgiving Day, may we be mindful of the beauty of OUR unique gift. For thanksgiving is truly a major form of GIVING.
Photo: Twisted old-growth Limber Pine; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 17, 2012
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