Keep Breathing into Gratitude
By: Simran Kankas
Tags: Spiritual Tree, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Spirituality, Letters

Hello,

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are enjoying this day as best as you can.

The year 2020 is coming to a close. It is just one month away from turning into the past from the present, just like everything that exists in our life and every memory that exists in our mind. Nothing lasts forever. Nothing stays forever. With many sweet and bitter memories, are you ready to bid farewell to 2020?

This year has been a mix of tears and laughter, misery and elation, ups and downs for me. This year or should I say because of this year, I have lost many good things. My health has been deteriorating for some time now and I can barely walk, but I am still thankful to the year 2020 for so many reasons.

I started Spiritual Tree this year, which was the stepping stone in the growth of my spiritual self. I have known you all through this publication and have learned a lot from your work and outlook on life, and I am still learning.

My first poetry book got published this year and I am glad it is getting love and support. Thank you everyone.

This challenging year has taught me to persevere through difficult situations. I have learned that these challenges come into our life only to make us stronger. Just when I thought I knew my strengths, this year took the form of a mirror, and I could see a better version of myself every passing day.

I am sure you have at least one memory that would bring a smile to your face whenever you would think of the year 2020.

Today is Thanksgiving. Let’s be grateful for the strengths and weaknesses. We know it is all there for a reason. Let’s be thankful for the sad and happy memories because one who has shed tears knows the true value of a smile.

As a community, our point of contact with each other is our writing. Let me take this opportunity to thank all the readers and the writers of the Spiritual Tree who have always found reasons to contribute their precious time and love to this community.

Every memory carries the Past, the Present, and the Future. No memory in the world is known to exist without these three.

This month on the day of Diwali, the festival of lights, I posted a picture of myself where I can be seen sitting on the floor, lighting the earthen lamps. That picture is two years old, many things have changed since then in my life. I can no longer sit on the floor. In fact I cannot stand for more than ten minutes. But I still posted that picture because it reminds me of the time when I had overcome the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis, and it tells me that I can do it again. That picture was the reason I smiled this Diwali. I hope you find your reason to smile and motivate yourself to do better even if you are going through a difficult phase in your life.

There are physical challenges, but I am still writing and pushing myself because our heart surprises us with the flexibility of its will power; our mind may tell us otherwise.

My heart is in the right place. It feels healthy and strong only because of spirituality. The power of the universe is running through my body all the time. So, the least I can do is to be thankful for its support. I am what I am today because of that willpower that is always getting charged up by the universe itself.

Let’s take a moment and thank the universe for every breath we take. May it always give us reasons to smile. Let’s cherish moment we spend every day with the universe and celebrate this thanksgiving.

A smile on the lips makes us look beautiful on the outside. A smiling heart makes us shine brighter and creates a beautiful inside.

Keep breathing into gratitude.

Thank you 🙏

#Stay Blessed #Stay Healthy

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