Gratitude

Gratitude is not about saying thank you. Not about words.
It is being grateful, being with the whole body mind and beyond.
Looking at the food, a sense of joy and appreciation arises.
The list of things and people to be grateful for is too long, it is a list of the mind.
Being grateful is a knowing, a meditation, and unity with all that is there for you.
Being humble, not taking anything for granted, not even the toilet you use or the bed you sleep in, bowing to your Yoga mat, to the earth you walk on, to a flower in bloom, accepting all the generosity around you and within you, is gratitude.
A thank You can be beautiful when the words used are transcended, where the intention of the heart and the look in the eyes are riding the words with a sweet energy, like a dolphin riding the waves, symbolizing more than what meets the eye or ear.
I bow before you all, my hands to my heart, and my heart to the world.