Starting from gratitude

If you only say one prayer in a day, make it thank you.

                                                                        ~ Rumi

______________________________________________

I think

that the best way to approach the Sacred

is through gratitude

it seems to my rather feeble brain

that when we approach the Sacred any other way

things get twisted.

if we approach out of righteousness

we are likely to ask Sacred to reject and judge

(Oh Lord I am thankful that I am not like “them”)

if we approach out of our anger

we are likely to ask for “bad things” to happen

to those we hate

(Smite them Lord)

if we approach out of need

then we are likely to be blind to our blessings

and may well ask for things that,

in the end, would not truly enrich our lives

(do I need to elucidate?)

but when we approach out of gratitude

aware of how great the Sacred One is

and aware of the ways we have been blest,

so blest

then from that place

we can move on to ask Sacred to make us

generous, and kind

compassionate and forgiving

gratitude puts us in the right place spirituality

to approach the Divine

and receive from our exchange with the Sacred

the things we need

to participate

in the

Sacred movement

of love