It’s easy to identify gratitude as a feeling.
Something I should feel more of.
Something to get better at feeling.
Then I started noticing how often I said “thank you”
without changing anything.
Without offering anything.
Without putting anything at risk.
Gratitude without action is a sermon.
That’s how I uncovered
gratitude is best expressed as a verb.
It’s not what I say.
It’s what I do.
I noticed what I’ve been given.
Sometimes that looks like generosity.
Sometimes that looks like subtraction.
Sometimes that looks like leaving.
Letting go.
Not staying longer than what’s aligned.
Gratitude reveals what was given to me.
I don’t require more from it.
I want to treat the gift with integrity.
That’s not a feeling.
That’s a choice.
That’s a verb.
Am I grateful?
My actions uncovered a better question.
How will I share this gift?