GRATITUDE

Gratitude often comes easily.

With the unexpected kindness.

The open door.

The green light.

The blessing we didn't see coming.

Those moments are easy to recognize.

Easy to appreciate.

But I've been wondering...

if that's only part of gratitude.

What about the difficult conversations?

The disappointment?

The loss?

The moments we would never choose?

Can gratitude exist there too?

Not because we are grateful for the pain...

But because we become grateful through what it taught us.

I'm seeing gratitude differently.

Not as something reserved for life's brightest moments.

But as the awareness that every experience holds the possibility of growth.

Gratitude isn't only about counting our blessings.

Perhaps it's about recognizing the blessings hidden within our becoming.

Because sometimes growth becomes the blessing we couldn't see.

Keep becoming. 🦋

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