I fall to my knees every day and give thanks for at least three things that I am totally grateful for. I usually include my son and at least one of our cats but also acknowledge the advent of a new day as well as a nice new warm bed and the person who invented the heater to keep all of us warm. The cats included! 

     I’m on my knee’s kind of by accident. You see, I remove clumps of litter from the cat box. It’s in the first-floor powder room and situated right next to the commode. It’s a small room, and I have to reach way back to get to the box. I found I could do it more efficiently and easily by kneeling.

So Grateful Each and Every Day

Feeling grateful on your knees works anywhere

     Since I had already been on my knees in a praying posture, I figured I might as well provide a prayer or supplication.

     That’s when I began to offer gratitude for so many things I have in life. It soon became a habit, and I’ve done it ever since we had the second bathroom installed after the traumatic brain injury my second wife suffered when falling on the steps some 20 feet away.

     I like feeling grateful. It makes my day go a little better. I start to believe that I truly do have enough in life. I have had enough with what I already have, and my wants and desires are a lot fewer than before.

     If you ever walk past the powder room when I am kneeling with my hands spread out on the seat of the commode and my eyes shut, you’ll probably think that I am praying to some idol made of porcelain to hold water that flushes away toxic wastes and other negative stuff. You might be right even though I never thought about that until communing with myself right now. Yeah, being grateful everyday can sure help get rid of a lot of the nasty things in life.

It can be Quite Liberating!

(This is one of three stories I wrote today for a writing group meeting weekly in Collegeville, PA)