thanksgiving..

 (spiritual discipline of)

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Today we sat, with food at breakfast time,

and one of us proposed an exercise

of thinking of past days or weeks, to shine

the lamp of goodness on parts of our lives

& then give thanks to God who did provide

us with some goodness we are grateful for.

We know that these are only some, they hide 

around the corners, out of sight and more.

They’re ones that we could name this morning when

we sat down with each other, and our food…

The context often focusses minds, then

we’re more likely to see - what then ensued:

Dunc thanked the source of goodness for his wife -

(our daughter Milly) who has brought to life

their children Hamish & Tullia (whom

he said he’s also grateful for) - Boom, boom!

Hamish (who’s one, and turning two) concurred 

the cars (& ball) he often plays with are

what he could have some thanks for. He’d demurred

for lack of abstract words, but he likes “car”!

 

For Milly: Sunlight, (on) the leaves, as well

as Duncan, Kids, & Freddy (her friend's boy).

Tullia thought of “Food”, within the shell

of “Hamish’s bowl, that he’d shared with joy.”

And “Freddy’s birthday - he is one (today)!”

And then Katrina (with sore throat and hand)

said “Tablets - pain relief, hay-fever!” Hey,

she takes a while to surface. Understand?

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Paul added too, that he might say “The Sun 

(as source of energy for Life on Earth),

& Food: a way its energy’s begun

to seep into our bodies since our birth.

And we together, gathered up these thoughts,

and send them back to that creative love

which set us into being. We weren’t bought

some grocery shop, and just appeared above

all other beings (that we mostly see

because we are the bosses here below).

Our understanding grows as losses be

experienced: “The Boss’s here below!”

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Thanks for

Dunc: Milly who's given their family Hamish & Tullia (whom he is also grateful for).

H: the ball & the cars

Milly: Sunlight, the leaves, Duncan & Freddy

Tullia: food, That Hamish had shared his bowl with me. Freddy’s birthday… he’s one.

K: pain relief tablets, Hay-fever tablets, 

P: the sun: giving energy for all biological life on Earth.

Food: which makes the sun’s energy available to our bodies to live another day upon the Earth.

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