Thanks for All

Can you meet it all with gratitude? The love, the anger, the joy, the sorrow, the peace, the struggle, all of it? Because all of it has made you you, has made you a shining light in the universe and a beacon to eyes that see.The first thing that I see in this intention is the “you you.” Part of me wants to change it but I’m not going to because when I wrote it, that’s how I wrote it. But in a way that’s a metaphor for this intention in total. I need to accept that I wrote you you and see the entirety of the intention for what it is, not just the one part that strikes the grammar policeman inside of me.More broadly, I think it’s a lot easier to have gratitude for the good stuff, the stuff that feels good, feels right, feels like progress. But, for me at least, that’s not me. I’m not a beacon of pure light, there are dark streaks within and those give the light texture, balance, and strength. So I’m still trying to learn to give thanks for those darker pieces. My head knows they matter. My heart still struggles.As you read this I wonder:* How much of what is and what you are do you give thanks for?* Do you see the impact of your light often, sometimes, or maybe even rarely?* And, did you notice the you you the way that I did?In one sense, we are beings of light. We shine brightly and broadly. But we don’t shine constantly or in one spectrum. Can you give a little more thanks for the pieces that may be harder to love but are no less critical to the light you bring? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aconstantbecoming.substack.com