“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” ~Meister Eckhart*
I wasn’t sure I agreed with this quote when I first read it… had to think a bit. I’m thinkin’ maybe so… as long as the thanks were followed up by appropriate action. A prayer of thanks for a learning experience, for example, would be followed up by acting on that learning… Finding thankfulness for even the most difficult pieces of our history and experiences is vital to a healthy, functional, improving mental and physical healing path.
We’re decorating for Thanksgiving here– paper thankfulness chain festooning the window, and handprints all over the hanukkiah “tree” on the wall, each link, and each hand with something we’re thankful for written on it… and we have a LOT to be thankful for… not the least of which are a clean, healthy house, healing, and friends who are healing alongside, reaping the rewards sown in our own challenges… it’s beautiful to see them grow stronger and overcome their ailments. Reminds me that there’s a plan for everything, and the Designer is Good, above all.
To all of you who have shared your lives with me, and allowed me to watch your healing paths, Todah (Thanks).
Here’s the pictograph:
Tav: Crossed Sticks: the mark in the distance toward which a farmer would plow to make his rows come out straight
Vav: Tent Peg: Nailing Down, Securing
Dalet: Tent Door: Movement In & Out, Back & Forth
Hey: Man Standing in Awe: “WOW, LOOK!”
Giving thanks is more than lipservice. A thankful heart marks out the place where the door of our house has been secured, and where we’ve Stood in Awe of the gifting there. That “Mark in the Distance” is our goal: to Secure the Tent Door of another in such an Awe-inspiring way.
A lot of people have given our Tent Door some Awesome support and Security. We give Thanks by Securing the Doors of others when we are blessed with the opportunity. We’re honored to be receiving that blessing in abundance lately. Todah!
Standard Disclaimer:
I’m no doc, and don’t pretend to be one. I am therefore not legally licensed to diagnose, cure, treat, prevent, or otherwise mitigate any disease, and neither is the stuff I generally choose for healing… but then, I’ve not been educated indoctrinated by boards with big pharma reps on them, either 
so do your own research and find what works for you 
*Special thanks to Icemanlover1 who inspired this post with this quote.
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