November 25, 2009 – Daily News – Granby, CO, US
Thanksgiving is gratitude day. We are constantly reminded that gratitude expands our lives, attracts fulfillment and should be honored on Thanksgiving Day, as well as every day. This is easy enough advice to follow if all one needs to do is recite a daily “thanks”. Yet, somehow we all know that there is more to gratitude than mere lip service.
When do you feel toe-tingling gratitude? Is it when you sense that you have enough? “Enough” should carry with it an awareness of what exactly is sufficient for your needs. Are we talking about food, shelter, safety and necessities, or are we discussing the needs of love, money, time and happiness? What enough is enough? When is enough, enough? Whose enough is enough?
Perhaps your gratitude bubbles forth when you are on the satiated side of “enough”? You may think that having more than what one considers sufficient would naturally cause great gratitude. However, here again is a lesson to be experienced. As a life coach, I often observe that an individual’s definition of “enough” may turn into an elusive moving target that seems to constantly fall short of gratitude.
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