Embrace the Gift of what is....

"Give up
the bitterness, the anger, the sadness

for what isn't,
that you wish you had.

And embrace the gift of what you do have.

For therein

is really what you want more of:

Joy."

~Elizabeth Elliot

a summer of healing hand, without trampoline, or swimming, or bikes...

but there's always frogs!

the shirt he wears to remind me to, regardless...

wholesale gratitude.

the grass got too long at the other farms...

but oh, the smell of freshly mown summer

the end of a long hard wheat harvest...

grateful for all that is

dewy blades...

bedecked in jeweled necklaces

when everyone goes off to play without you...

there's always the porch swing, a dishtowel blanket, old, quiet friends...

and a wash of golden light.

Lord, today, let me give up. Give up holding on to all that isn't... cause me to gratefully embrace what is. Because in embracing what You've given, I embrace You. Could I know more Joy?


Have you considered establishing gratitude as a personal soul fixture? Counting the blessings of what is. Why begin your own One Thousand Gift List --(drop me a line if you do, and I'll add either your name or a web link to the Gratitude Community) Read the listing of the endless Gifts