i said i would write everyday
about appreciation
kneel down to lifes abundance
and dance in thanks
for all that is always there

yesterday i watched a terrible montage, starving Africans.
skin and bones
aliens not human
i have seen these images ever since i was a child
the shows on tv trying to gather donations
convince people to help

i would flip the channel
watch cartoons game shows instead.

if i had to beg for food everyday i don't think i would notice
how i sometimes have crappy communication in my relationship

i am blessed.
food water
quiet friends ants guitar music
chair
dresser full to the brim with clothes i do not wear

anyways

i heard a program on CBC the other night
a professor was expanding on his book about "The Stoics"
an early 3rd century BC philosophy



and he was talking about the Stoics "Meditation" practice
where, say, you take the person who means the most to you in the whole world
and you imagine them dead or gone
and go to that place emotionally
and when you come out of this practice
I am guessing you will meet GRATITUDE

what an odd practice....but somehow I can see how it would work.

(Though from all I have learned about the power of our thoughts, I'm not sure if it is terribly effective....but worth a try nonetheless)

when I see terrible images of severely starved people
suffering human beings
it reminds me that i am so blessed.

still, it doesnt sit right with me.

I am blessed.
thank you good life