“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
Gratitude...being grateful. Feeling grateful. Expressing gratitude with a simple "Thank you."
Each morning before my feet touch the floor, I say out loud or sometimes in my mind,
"Thank. Thank. Thank you."
I thank my Father in Heaven. You may thank your own Higher Power, the Universe, Source, Allah...whomever it may be. It doesn't matter because the same "Thank yous" are heard.
I believe Holy Scripture in all beliefs teach us to be grateful in all things- for the good and the bad...for the rain and the sun- for we need both to survive, don't we.
Gratitude and being thankful are not acts left only to Humans.
Animals don't need to work at being grateful. They are already, innately grateful.
They don't need to be taught what Gratitude is or being thankful is. They show it when they feel it.
Period.
They live in the moment, as should we.
I know this because I've experienced it firsthand, as every person who has ever been blessed to have an animal in his or her life.
Every time I feed Scully, Dovi and Whiskers, each one comes to me after they finish eating and licks my hand or leg or nuzzles me. Every time. Since the first time I fed Scully over eleven years ago until this morning. It doesn't matter where I am, what room I'm in or what I'm doing. I get a lick or two on my leg or hand...then each one sits humbly and looks at me with adoring love...each one. Scully, Dovi and Whiskers.
We should practice Gratitude daily. Animals do it by Nature. We do it if we remember...
There's a lesson here somewhere...
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