Sometime during the midsummer heat, I planted sunflowers in my back yard in the hope of seeing their bright yellow faces. Sadly, I waited too long and planted the flowers late in the season; so as the air grew chill, the flowers had not yet bloomed.
Most of the plants withered, but then one flower unexpectedly bloomed and filled my heart with gratitude.
This simple event reminded me of the importance of gratitude in curing our spiritual ailments. As human beings, we have some
desires that can never be filled. When we approach life from an attitude of
scarcity, we are left with a feeling of disconnection and emptiness, even when
we obtain the object of our desire. However, when we experience gratitude, we allow
the perfection of each moment to fill our hearts, and as the scripture says,
our cup runs over.
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