11/27/2025
Happy Thanksgiving to all!🙏🦃🌻
Gratitude: A Quiet Shift
Being thankful is more than a polite response
or a momentary feeling;
it is a quiet shift in the way
we move through the world.
When we pause to acknowledge the good
woven into our days,
something inside us softens.
Gratitude moves our attention away
from what is missing
and toward what is already present in our lives.
It steadies the mind,
loosens the grip of worry,
and makes room
for a deeper sense of well-being.
In noticing the small kindnesses,
the fleeting joys,
and even the hard lessons
that shape us,
we begin to see our lives
with more clarity.
This simple act of being thankful
doesn’t erase challenges,
but it reminds us
that we are more than our struggles.
Gratitude opens a space
where resilience grows,
where contentment can take root,
and where we can meet each day
with a little more peace.
~ 'Gratitude: A Quiet Shift' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art Unknown via Pinterest
