Exploring dimensions of gratitude and thankfulness, including cultivating gratitude, expressing gratitude, and the various ways people experience being grateful or thankful, whether for specific things or for life itself. Featured poem: “How It Might Continue,” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, a poem of shared celebration and joy.”
Bursts of gratitude and thanksgiving
Readings & Links, Monday November 14, 2022
Poems:
How It Might Continue – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
https://grateful.org/resource/how-it-might-continue/
When Giving Is All We Have – Alberto Rios
https://poets.org/poem/when-giving-all-we-have
A message from the poet: “This is a poem of thanks to those who live lives of service, which, I think, includes all of us—from the large measure to the smallest gesture, from care-giving to volunteerism to being an audience member or a reader. I’ve been able to offer these words to many groups, not only as a poem but also as a recognition. We give for so many reasons, and are bettered by it.”
I Watched an Angel in the Emergency Room – Andrea Potos
http://www.soul-lit.com/poems/v22/Potos/index.html
As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse – Billy Collins
https://intrinsicheart.com/presiding-over-an-eclipse/ (Scroll down to find the poem)
Quote from Jefferson Bethke:
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Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.
-Jefferson Bethke
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In any given moment,
we can be grateful for something.
The gift within the gift
of any given moment
is opportunity.
