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on Nov 21, 2012

We Have Enough. {A Thanksgiving Poem}



 

This year, give thanks, for everything.

Let the tingle of gratitude move into the bones of your body, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. With each beat of your heart,”Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Dance for the joy, for the love, for the freedom, for the food in your belly, for the beating hearts of the beings that surround you.

Sing for the sorrows, for the heartbreak, for the sadness you can’t seem to shake, for the losses, for all those faces that no longer exist in this realm.

Speak with words that come straight from your heart, be honest, be kind, be love.

When you wrap your arms around your friends, lovers, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cats, dogs or hamsters, pause for a moment and allow your hearts to beat, together, for that moment, just once (maybe twice).

Pause, when you can, to listen to the laughter that surrounds you (even if you are alone and it’s your own); listen and hear it, as gospel, as truth.

Know that everything you are, everything you have, everything that you are supposed to be, is you.

And you are enough.

 

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Bryonie’s life is rooted in the belief that when we come from a place of love, anything is possible. When not teaching yoga (or playing her crystal singing bowls) she can be found most afternoons at the dog park, with her camera, her love and her dog. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.

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11 Responses to “We Have Enough. {A Thanksgiving Poem}”

  1. Lynn Hasselberger says:
    November 22, 2012 at 07:26

    Beautiful, Bryonie! Happy Thanksgiving!

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    November 24, 2012 at 07:41

    Love this Bryonie! And p.s. I think you won the cookies for the editorial challenge! xo

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  7. desserts says:
    November 27, 2012 at 09:54

    A wonderful thought. It reminds of the occasion when John Muir declared that he was richer than the railroad millionaire and magnate E.H. Harriman:
    "I have all the money I want and he hasn't," he said.
    Mattie

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  8. laydowninthetallgrass says:
    December 1, 2012 at 06:19

    Thanks, Mattie! ~ b

    Reply
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    April 9, 2013 at 21:47

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