Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper-Nichols here. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space

where I turn the lens on various topics and subjects in hopes to learn something new or see something in a new way.

Today's episode is called Is Gratitude Enough? This is an episode that I recorded and shared last year,

so the audio does sound a little different.

But it's something that I've been thinking about a lot, and I just wanted to re-share this again today.

I'm Morgan Herbert Nichols.

Thank you so much for listening.

This is for the one who is patiently waiting to see things come together in your life while simultaneously

see things fall into place in the lives of others.

You found yourself in a place where you're grateful for where you are and you're excited

for those around you.

And you also find yourself saying, congratulations, and I'm so happy for you so much to the

point that you just wonder when is anyone going to say this to you when are you going to hear

those words echoed back to you congratulations I'm so for you. I'm so glad to see things working out.

Again, you're grateful for where you are, and it's not that you live for the approval of others

or you live to acquire material things, but every now and then you wonder what it would be like to finally see the fruit of your labor,

to finally get that deep breath, that sigh of relief that so many others around you seem to receive.

In that place, I hope you know, there is no shame in feeling frustrated or disappointment

because you've yet to see things fall in place.

It's okay to feel impatient because to feel impatient is to feel human.

You can be the most grounded and grateful human being, and yet you are still a human

being. And in the same way, your physical body hungers and thirst, this is also true of your heart.

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