Have I
always been grateful (enough)? I'd like to think so. But I'm not sure,
especially in my younger days. So much I took for granted. Still do, perhaps.
The years tacked onto my life are a gift in this way. The gradual accumulation of days lived and subsequent wisdom gained.
While making
this photo, there was a breeze which I hadn't known from inside my house. It
wasn't felt until I stepped outside, until I was trying to frame this shot.
Today's breeze didn't stop for me; it kept blowing. It was I who had to wait
for it. Patiently. Had to wait for it to still for just a moment. So that I
could press the shutter. So that the leaves and the air and I were together in
that moment.
Still. And
*in it*. fully. I didn't know how to do this in my younger days, but I'm more
aware now. This is my gratitude practice. To get still. To be in it as fully as
I am able. Breeze or no breeze.
~words and image by Michelle GD.
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