My friend who reads my blog (bless his heart) sent me a link to this site. It's all about living with gratefulness. Exploring it, I came across a set of 'practices for grateful living'. I spent some time with one entitled 'Being Grateful for Your Uniqueness'. It includes a meditation on the the beauty of an individual snowflake (no two are alike) and compares it to the even more astonishing uniqueness of a human being. I was asked to read a short biography (I chose William Blake's) as an exercise in discovering the unique gift that just one person can bring to the world. I did indeed feel grateful. Very inspiring.
It occurred to me that there must be a real connection between gratefulness and gracefulness. Only a truly grateful heart can be graceful. And what is our gratefulness, other than our heart's joyful responding to the work of grace in our lives?
Thanks, John, for sending me the link to this site.
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