My darlings, this morning I wanted to share with you a passage I have posted to my meditation wall. Written by the venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, it serves as a wonderful reminder as to the importance of gratitude within our conscious practice.

“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

So often, the busyness of day precludes our ability to connect with the true energy of compassion. Certainly, we may feel it from time to time. We see it reflected within a drop of dew; encouraged, perhaps, through a stranger’s passing smile. And we, ourselves, may lend to compassion’s growth through deeper heart introspection.

These words may seem simple, “I vow to live fully…” Though, in reality, they encompass the true essence of our practice.

That is, to pay attention… to acknowledge… to accept life’s gracious gift.

“Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize,” he writes. “A blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

Today, as I read through his words, I shall think to each of life’s miracles – the bursting of Peonies against the summer’s heat; the clamoring of swallows waiting for mother’s return; the trails of melted ice cream against a child’s dusty hand.

And, then?

I shall promise to live fully, once again.

In peace…

Namaste <3