Is it time to redefine gratitude...?
Instead of gratitude, maybe the more evolved perspective is appreciation.
Appreciation is to fully grasp and enjoy, to engage with, and employ the very thing you appreciate.
Whereas our feelings about "gratitude" imply being thankful for things we don't comprehend, that we often don't feel worthy or deserving of.
Gratitude isn't wrong.
But may we expand and grow and evolve into yet a greater, richer, more brilliant perspective about even such a timeless and taken-for-granted concept such as gratitude?
Not only may we, but CAN we??
We don't typically offer presents to small children such as blenders.
What interest does a child have in a blender!? Why they make milkshakes of course!!!
So why don't we give blenders to children as gifts, when they obviously have an insane vested interest in their value???
Perspective.
As a child, one may be grateful for the blender in the kitchen because it makes milkshakes. But they have no real appreciation for the mahcine itself, how to use it safely and correctly or how to care for it in general.
Give a child a milkshake and they will light up and say "Thank You!"
Give a child a brand new blender and they'll look at you like you're crazy......
Are you filled with gratitude? I hope so.....
Are you appreciative? How do you know....
Its time to give ourselves permission to be mature. Not "old"! Not "dead"! Not "square"! Not "out of touch"! But taller, with greater perspcetive, and responsible for our choices and our understandings.
Its time to grow up and be, and not look to others to "be" for us anymore.
The first time you get a brand new blender as an adult, you may choose to make Margaritas instead of milkshakes.... But as you push those buttons of your own blender for the first time..... That feeling that sweeps over you is called appreciation...
Instead of gratitude, maybe the more evolved perspective is appreciation.
Appreciation is to fully grasp and enjoy, to engage with, and employ the very thing you appreciate.
Whereas our feelings about "gratitude" imply being thankful for things we don't comprehend, that we often don't feel worthy or deserving of.
Gratitude isn't wrong.
But may we expand and grow and evolve into yet a greater, richer, more brilliant perspective about even such a timeless and taken-for-granted concept such as gratitude?
Not only may we, but CAN we??
We don't typically offer presents to small children such as blenders.
What interest does a child have in a blender!? Why they make milkshakes of course!!!
So why don't we give blenders to children as gifts, when they obviously have an insane vested interest in their value???
Perspective.
As a child, one may be grateful for the blender in the kitchen because it makes milkshakes. But they have no real appreciation for the mahcine itself, how to use it safely and correctly or how to care for it in general.
Give a child a milkshake and they will light up and say "Thank You!"
Give a child a brand new blender and they'll look at you like you're crazy......
Are you filled with gratitude? I hope so.....
Are you appreciative? How do you know....
Its time to give ourselves permission to be mature. Not "old"! Not "dead"! Not "square"! Not "out of touch"! But taller, with greater perspcetive, and responsible for our choices and our understandings.
Its time to grow up and be, and not look to others to "be" for us anymore.
The first time you get a brand new blender as an adult, you may choose to make Margaritas instead of milkshakes.... But as you push those buttons of your own blender for the first time..... That feeling that sweeps over you is called appreciation...
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