Gratitude, real, deep, loving gratitude was never a consistent feature or a strong force in my life. My ego had convinced me that I was a grateful person, my actions and words seemed full of gratitude as the word ‘thankyou’ would leave my mouth on a frequent basis.
I had intellectualised gratitude, it was a quality I thought that I fully inhabited, until I analysed myself through a lens of honesty and frankness and faced my reality with courage, bravery and awareness that I had never used before.
The examination of myself revealed the weakness of my gratitude practice, it was superficial, came with conditions that were deeply rooted to my attachments. I had never deeply embodied gratitude physically, emotionally or spiritually, disconnection existed between my body, my mind and my spirit.
The gratitude practice I engaged in lacked the deep potent power and energy of an open and loving heart.
Cultivating deliberate gratitude demanded a consistent practice to overturn my biology and physiology of my human evolution. My ego working hard to protect me, keeping me safe from harm and caged me within my comfort zones, my spirit called to work even harder to free me of the cage that held me prisoner. The conscious process of intentional gratitude opened a portal within me that I was unaware existed. A space that unleashed an energy that gave me the power to love and connect with a quality of hope beyond any capacity that my limited mind thought possible.
As my gratitude practice expanded, all my senses became heightened and aroused as my whole self began to savour every precious moment I experienced, living became an exciting and sensuous experience. As I connected with deep, loving Gratitude every average moment elevated as I started to relish each individual moment of time. The regular gratitude practice nourished my whole self in unexpected and unimagined ways.
As challenges descended, Gratitude was the practice that stabilised me through the storms that brewed. No matter the extent of external turbulence, my internal world remained steady, rooted in truth as I released the fear that surfaced, Gratitude unveiled the most beautiful and valuable life lessons embedded in these opportunities for growth.
Living my life without deep, loving gratitude is no longer an option, it’s the fuel to sustain me through this lifetime.
Gratitude holds the power that will preserve my capacity to engage with love, hope and grace no matter what unfolds around me.
Real, deep, loving gratitude is the practice that will continue to keep my senses fully open to allow me to experience the real treasures of this lifetime.
Sati wrote this blog following her experience of our May Book Club with The Magic by Rhonda Byrne.
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