There is a saying... ' you are no closer to God then in a garden'. I enjoy gardening more and more each day. Today, I picked a perfectly ripe red tomato off a very healthy looking vine. I looked at it, felt it , smelled it, and became very thankful for it. I thanked the plant and the insects for pollination. I thought about the whole process from sunlight to food and its all so amazing. I didn't wash it , I trusted the process, it was perfect. I bit into this delicious fruit off the vine right there in the moment. Wow! what a taste.
Thank You! Thank You!
The sun , the elements , the water and the life force all worked together to produce fruit on a vine, in order to provide sustenance for another living being. We have so much to be thankful for. To acknowledge the miracle of a tomato on a vine ready to eat is beyond comprehension. What a mystery? We live and move and have our being in this total mystery we call life; life given by grace. But, what is this grace out poured every millisecond in our lives by this unknown mystery? This universal will to give life without concern for outcome seems like a form of love. We have heard the phrase 'it is more blessed to give then to receive' , well, a similar thought came to me a couple days ago, 'you will never want for giving' . I have been giving these tomatoes to all my family and neighbors and yes I do feel blessed because of it. There seems to be a connection between, giving, gratitude, grace and feeling blessed. Being blessed for me, means, to be loved by a divine providence. I sense that daily. I repeat often ...'I live by grace', these words always seem to pull me out of an anxious thought pattern.. It is very powerful.
The grace of life is poured into all of us, continually. Some are thankful and feel blessed.Others are ungrateful and suffer from a sense of lack. Being grateful, we feel happy and content. Being ungrateful only reinforces a sense of lack.
Give thanks with a grateful heart, for all of life, this is the way of happiness and contentment.
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