My dad always says, “There is nothing permanent in this life except for the rising and the setting of the sun”. To this day, I feel that his words have an astounding aura and an amazing grace. Being alive means more than just breathing and living life. It’s about rising to the shine of soul that makes us aware of being thankful for ‘who we are’ and ‘who we become’ as we move through the tunnels of time in this life. Being thankful for being alive is to accept that life is mortal in many ways. It becomes fatal when we get ruthless with nature, when we are merciless for the vulnerable and when we are injurious to our self through our actions. Life ceases to exist when we freeze our love for others, when we create endless hurdles and envy for others and when we plug out the possibilities to change. In this carnage of emotions through life, we forget to summon our mind with the time when we were born with clean slate and clenched hands and the time when we shall depart with folded eyes and bare hands.
Being alive is to honor the chastity of our soul that helps us to be thankful for the virtues of nature, an immortal gift of the supreme lineage. Being thankful today, tomorrow and forever is to enlighten myself for the blessings that I have realized and the blessings that are unrealized. I am thankful for the milieu that wakes me up to the glare of the sun and to the hope that today is good and tomorrow shall be better. I am thankful for being ‘who I am’ till ‘I am’. As Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice”.
Happy thanksgiving everyone.
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What a lovely post! I'm glad I took a break from cooking to come here. Please go to my blog and read my Thanksgiving post. Hope you can hear the music! I made myself cry when I downloaded it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sweet comment on my post. I look forward to reading more of your posts!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that I take the time true your blog, this post are so breath taking and made me reflect. We don't have thanks giving in Sweden and I think that many of us rushing true days and don't take the time to reflect over the good things in life.
ReplyDeletePleas feel welcome to my blog.
O.k., here is a social issue that needs to be discussed! Sara Palin's mispronounced word has made it to the next updated dictionary. What does this say about our nation? Just how much dumbing down can America take before we fall off the list of educated countries??
ReplyDeleteThanks for the beautiful words that remind me to be thankful...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouraging post. Now I'm going to the doctor, so your post became doubly precious. As I looked at my situation from the viewpoint of 'thank you', my hospitalization started look like the blessing - I wouldn't be left for self, I wouldn't stay alone with my pain - Such thought heals of itself and Thank you comes out as of itself too.
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of your post is a complete reflection of the beauty of you kind and giving spirit. Just beautiful, Barkha.
ReplyDeleteNo truer words were ever spoken! I am thankful for each moment. Thanks for the wonderful post. Blessings, Sherry
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Very Inspirational post indeed! Will visit back here for sure!
ReplyDeleteBarkha, those are wonderful words. glad I stopped by your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you @Judie, @MDAM, @Retty, @Tomas, @Cher, @Sherry, @Beng Gee & @Vee for sharing your admiration for life with your beautiful comments. This certainly shows the stupendous zest you all have for life. Thank you once again and have a blessed new year.
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