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| Rocks of Giants Causeway Photo © Chuck Hoffman / Genesis+Art Studio |
We have been in our studio working on a painting around the theme of gratitude. It required me to reflect on the virtue of gratitude as a spiritual practice, which brought me to the teaching of John O'Donohue. I have been reflecting on his wisdom and writings for many years and find a newness to his words each time. I discovered this once again as I explored the nature of gratitude.
You have traveled too fast over false ground;
Now your soul has come to take you back.
Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
― John O'Donohue
