Daily Writing Prompt: How Do You Express Your Gratitude?
Gratitude, eh? It’s one of those things we’re supposed to do, but honestly, I don’t do it because a self-help book told me to. I do it because life has thrown me enough curve-balls to realize that if you don’t stop and appreciate the small stuff, you’ll trip over a big one.
Daily, I make a point of noticing things, like when the kettle boils just as my patience runs out, or when a robin stares me down like he knows all my secrets. I say thank you for weird stuff too, like not running into anyone I don’t like at the shops, or for the hot spot holding up long enough for me to post that one risky blog.
To the people in my life, I make an effort to be kind and tell them how I feel. Life’s too bloody short for regrets, and no one ever lay on their deathbed wishing they’d held their compliments in. I say thanks when it matters, apologize when I should, and occasionally tell someone to feck off if gratitude isn’t what’s needed in the moment. (Spiritual doesn’t mean spineless.)
I also try to be grateful for the chaos. The universe loves to slap us upside the head sometimes, but I reckon it’s usually for a reason. Maybe it’s to teach me patience. Maybe it’s to remind me I’m not in control. Or maybe it’s just for the universe’s own entertainment. Either way, I try to laugh at it, learn from it, and thank it for keeping life interesting.
So yeah, gratitude is a daily, messy, rebellious, sometimes sarcastic conversation I have with life. Some days it sounds like, “Thank you for this beautiful sunrise.” Other days it’s, “Cheers for that total disaster, I guess I needed a plot twist.”
But either way, I keep saying thank you. Because if you can laugh at the madness, find the lesson, and appreciate the little things, you’re already ahead.
UNDER THE WILL... OVER THE DRAMA... 
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