8. Day 27: Happy Thanks-being
Giving thanks is a bit of a misnomer. We are not giving thanks in exchange for our circumstances. What we truly want is to BE thankfulness, to be giving, to be welcome and comfort and peace. Giving thanks is for beginners, and it is a wonderful place to begin. It is easy to give thanks for all you love; for family, home and work, for country, freedom and safety. How do you give thanks for what you don’t love; the pain, the loneliness, the guilt? So what is different, deeper about being thanks? Just as Not-Knowing is a quality of Love, so being thanks is extending a quality of...
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