Why do we go to a temple or a church ?
There are no two replies to this. We make the effort to go because we feel
good. We say there are beautiful vibrations of so many people having prayed
there for years. The older the temple or church or any other religious place,
the better !
We need to visit these houses of worship
with the awareness that we are actually responding through the inner deity
present with in us which connects to the deity present in a sanctum sanctorium.
This gives a new expansion to prayer.
And yet, that awareness does not stay with
us . The world draws you in the moment you leave the shrine. This is what we
need to train our minds for. Make your day an extension of your prayers. We
only have the present moment. So, we need to use every present moment to keep
the divine in the forefront so that we are able to look at every person and
situation in a positive light. To know that it comes for a purpose and to nudge
us to move towards the divine presence within us.
I love this line, which comes from a quote
by Melodie Beattie:
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."
And I would add this thought — that without
gratitude, you can turn any paradise into hell.
Without gratitude, every choice you ever
made will always feel like the wrong choice.
Without gratitude, summers will always be
too hot; winters will always be too cold.
The music will always be too loud, the
movie will always suck, the teenagers will always be too rude.
Without gratitude, people who vote or
worship differently from you will always be monsters in your eyes.
Without gratitude, you will always feel you
were born into the wrong family.
Without gratitude, the waitress will always
be too slow, and you will always get the worst seat on the bus. Without
gratitude, every driver on the road except you is an idiot.
Without gratitude, life is A Misery.
The alchemy of all alchemies —is gratitude.
Even if we learn nothing else, we must
learn how to say THANK YOU and Stay blessed forever
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari
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