Gratitude

Why is it important to have/feel gratitude?

I live my life with the understanding that there is no past, there is no future, there is only now. By doing this I can be in the now and have/feel gratitude for my life's journey in the moment. When you can view your life this way you can, without bias, have gratitude. Having gratitude brings you peace. Peace brings you gratitude. And living in this continuum brings you what you desire in life. 

In a very short amount of time, after almost 20 years, "The Sun Neither Rises nor Sets" will make its way into the literary world. There is no other word that can describe how I feel about this than - gratitude. 

In 2004 on my thirty-sixth birthday I was told-asked-prompted by God to pick up a pen and write. A year later I had a three ring binder full of handwritten rhymes. I put them away. A few years after that I typed the rhymes into another binder. I put it away. In 2022 I was told-asked-prompted by God that it was time to publish the rhymes into a book. 

The wisdom in the rhymes is profound and the way the rhymes are written is profound. The fact that it took almost 20 years for the rhymes to be shared is profound. The fact that I was given the mission to share the rhymes is profound. The aftereffect felt by others from sharing the rhymes will be profound. 

Instead of living your now with thoughts of "why me", live your now with the thought "why not me" and you will learn to find the balance that your mind, body, and soul desire.