I’ve been sitting a lot lately with the concept of gratitude in the wake of all that has been going on in the world.  I feel for myself a shift in the way I’m becoming aware of my gratitude.

So often I hear people say ‘I’m grateful to have a roof over my head’ or ‘I’m grateful to have a job’.  I agree, we are grateful for the things we have, and at the same time, sometimes with gratitude comes attachment and in a world where we have no knowing of what comes tomorrow that can cause the vibration of tension.

We can become attached to needing our job – and yes I hear you that the conscious mind is going ‘without a job I cannot feed myself or my family’ – AND – there is a division of gratitude in my mind between gratitude for things that make us feel stable and in control of our world and gratitude for something less fear-based, deeper.

Sit with these two phrases and perhaps experience what I mean:

• I’m grateful for the job I have even if sometimes I don’t enjoy it because I deal with things I don’t like to deal with…

and

• I’m grateful for the love I have felt in this lifetime.  Love for humans, love for trees, love for animals, love for the being of it all.

Notice that perhaps in the second, there is a lack of need, a presence, a feeling of connectedness where there is no lack or fear.

There is no judgment, both gratitudes are part of being human and I’m grateful for all.  I also realize in this world where the media pushes fear constantly and there is so much inconsistency from day to day, if I focus on the second form of gratitude more, it helps me remember the first is born on human constructs we truly cannot control and the second is held in Spirit/Soul consciousness that supersedes it all and brings me a peace that no amount of money or outward control every could.

Wishing you peace in each moment, Om Shanti, Satya