252: An Unconventional Gratitude

The Next Right Thing

Emily P. Freeman

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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If you're feeling pulled in all directions, looking for grounding words but unable to form them, here's a short prayer of welcoming some things we need, some things we want, and others we would rather do without. Listen in.

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0:00.0	Gratitude you are welcome here today.
0:13.2	I admit I've been standoffish, doubting you can make much difference.
0:18.9	But you helped me number my days and see the gifts and notice the small things.
0:26.7	Gratitude you are welcome here today.
0:32.1	Compassion you are welcome here today.
0:35.9	I confess I used to think you were too soft.
0:39.8	I wanted you but shamed myself for needing you.
0:45.3	But you allow me to breathe again.
0:48.3	You soften my gaze.
0:51.6	Gratitude you are welcome here today.
0:57.6	Grief you are welcome here today.
1:02.4	I admit I don't like the sound of you and it's taken me a while to know and name your many
1:09.5	faces.
1:10.7	But you are my witness, my necessary companion, my expression of hidden losses that need
1:20.1	to be expressed.
1:23.8	Grief you are welcome here today.
1:30.8	Hope you are welcome here today.
1:34.7	I confess more than once I've rolled my eyes in your general direction.
1:40.1	Built walls to protect myself against the light.
1:44.5	But you are relentless in your pursuit.
1:48.9	You must know how vital you are for our survival.
1:54.5	So hope you are welcome here today.
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