Gratitude

" Be grateful for your life, every detail of it,

and your face will come to shine .... like a sun,

and everyone sees it will be made glad and peaceful.

Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one

with the Sun of Love .... love will shine through you ....

its all healing joy. "

                                                                        - RUMI

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the sun rises

setting the woods aflame

the mountains rise

white with snow

into a brilliant and unrelenting blue

the warm smell of pine

is carried by a gentle wind

a harbinger of coming spring

the cat (and chickens) follow me around the yard

and the horses

lean over the fence, expectant

there are so many things that can sour our souls

illness and pain

politics

hate and fear

but there is indeed an antidote

gratitude