November is here, wrapped in morning frost and universal thoughts on the importance of gratitude in our lives. National Gratitude Month with its mission of "encouraging us to embrace the power of gratitude" pops up on my screen. An email from Denise Krebs who resides in Bahrain pings. As the host of Spiritual Journey Thursday, Denise chooses gratitude as our monthly topic, shares her original small poems of gratitude, and encourages the community writers to write #gratikus and #gratitudepoems throughout the month.
I start with an inspirational quote that opens my month of writing with a positive touch.
November's shifting winds inspire me to create digital art and write a blackjack poem.
I turn to scripture to find a verse on thanks:
"Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!" -2 Corinthians 9:15
and YouTube for an uplifting song of thanks:
I add my gratiku (gratitude + haiku) for each day of November 2021
during Gratitude Month.
memories of kitchen sweets
pass the cinnamon
©CV, 2021
(grateful for my Nonnie who taught my mother to bake who taught me to bake
and now, I teach my 4-year-old granddaughter
who also bakes at home with her mother, my daughter)
During the month of November, fill your heart with gratitude each day and send it forward into the crisp, cool wind. For now, join the Spiritual Journey Thursday community at Denise Krebs' blog as we fill the universe with gratitude and poetic goodness.
