A practice of gratitude is not about dismissing sadness, anger, fear, or confusion. Rather, it offers us the opportunity to see that we often experience multiple feelings at once; to welcome joy into the same places where we hold grief; to turn our attention to what is quietly growing and breathing day by day, which, to our possible surprise, includes ourselves.

~Kristin Lin

when kindreds speak within….

inquiry for today~ however long….

when the day ends….

Emptiness is bound to bloom,

like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

~Dogen