There is so much to be thankful for in life, even life itself.
Sometimes life is something that happens to us
while we are planning or doing something else!
If we want gratitude to rise in our hearts
and transform our lives
we have to stop, be silent , be receptive , be empty
– to turn our opened palms upward to a bountiful God.
To take time to accept life, not as something
we can create by ourselves, for ourselves,
but as wholly given.