FORGOTTEN GRATEFULNESS
Gratefulness.
I’ve forgotten about gratefulness.
I’ve been standing in front of a full cupboard, starving.
Starving for joy,
My heart drying up into a hard, shrivelled knob,
Weakening to a limp, wilting shoot.
Gratefulness.
I’ve forgotten that joy
Is there for the taking,
That it is around me
All the time.
Gratefulness.What shall today’s litany be?
I am grateful for, today:
I am grateful for today.
My celadon green mug.
Soft thick yarn.
The blanket.
The view (always the view).
The colour and pattern and texture of my kaftan.
A day without obligations, so I can finish my mugs.
My computer.
Books.
Movies to watch on my computer.
Good food – eggs and toast and butter and jam – to eat for breakfast.
A lovely kitchen to cook it in.
Air to draw into my lungs,
Lungs to draw air into.And I feel my heart expand
And my head lift up,
Joy flowing back into my veins.24.07.2020
Beautiful. I forget joy too sometimes. “When you are tired and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep, and you’ll go to sleep counting your blessings.”
It’s too easy to forget not and greatfulness. We have so much to be greatly for. I’m going to try to print this.
Ever since I wrote this, i.e. ever since I remembered gratefulness, my mood has been 100% better. I’m so grateful for gratefulness!