carrying gratitude with you

Gratitude is something you can carry with you, something that finds its place in every corner of life. You can pause to be grateful in the hush of early morning, cradling a cup of coffee as dawn breaks through your window. You might whisper thanks while waiting in line at the lulu hypermarket, or as you sit in traffic watching the world rush by. Gratitude can sneak up on you while taking a quiet walk by the corniche, feeling the sand beneath your feet, or as you pause to watch children laughing and playing in a nearby park .You can take a moment to feel thankful while curled up with a book, losing yourself in the worlds within its pages or my blog even : ) if you read it often, or just before biting into a warm slice of homemade samoosa or a morsel of chicken dum biriyani. Gratitude can be as simple as the warmth of a shared laugh over a kitchen table or the quiet contentment that follows a long phone call with an old friend. You can say a quick thank-you as you catch the colors of a sunset spilling across the sky, or as you stand barefoot on cool grass under a blanket of stars. There is no right place or time to feel gratitude. It’s a gift you can give yourself at any moment, wherever you are.