The miracle working power of "thank you" begins the instant we quit fearing that saying "thank you" will cause the disaster we're fearing to happen.
We've probably all heard about the need to develop an attitude of gratitude. I had heard that many times, seriously tried to practice it. I got stuck trying to feel gratitude for the roof over my head, for the air I breathe. My feeling was, I've always had a roof over my head, and everybody has air to breathe...what's in this for me?
Then one day I read, "Meister Eckhart said, 'If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice.'”
Thank you as a prayer! I knew in the instant that was truth.
I still had to speak it (repeatedly) and have it "work" "not work" "work" before I realized the full miracle. Thank you changes the fact of nothing. It does better than that...it changes our attitude about that fearsome fact.
Thank you in the face of a self-perceived disaster relieves us of our resistance...our panic, our self-pity...our rigid, righteous and right. There. Right there is where we are changed...for our fear at that moment is the God of our understanding. Speak thank you to God, to God in whatever form we perceive God to be...and know peace.
A good indicator of whether we're on the right track is when our reasoning mind says, "Huh?" "How?" "I don't get it." We remind ourselves, once again, "We must go beyond reason to love."
Thank you.
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