Day 7: The Gifts We Never Earned.
How much of what you’ve accomplished is truly yours alone? Today’s Gratitude Seed invites you to revisit something you’re proud of and discover the remarkable inheritance of people, knowledge, and opportunities that helped make it possible.
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This seed reminds me of a series of people, that I did not especially liked (that I especially disliked to tell the truth) who led me into a particular training I can use now to make creations I am proud of. Thank you especially to MS.
I love this exercise. I can think about so many gifts I’ve received that my work never provided me with. it’s great to see you find value even in those times or people that weren’t exactly pleasant. Thanks, Marie-Claire.
Wow when I look back at all the gifts it is limitless. To just choose one- my love for writing poems. Much of that was encouraged by my Daddy when I was 9 yrs old and my English teacher in high school and books all my life. And my love for peace and nature found its way into many books-poetry and children’s stories, all inspired by my parents and teachers.
Love these examples, Clare. When we start to look, it’s remarkable what we begin to notice, how much of our life is the result of the other and circumstances that we had nothing to do with. Thanks for sharing.
I have been increasingly aware of how many gifts I have received – perhaps deserved, perhaps undeserved throughout my life..
I earned two Bachelor degrees at McGill University – this was possible because to start with I got a scholarship – one of 10 which McGill offered to the recently arrived refugees from Chile, of which I was one.
Without this gift I would have had to work for 2 years before I could even apply to study. This is just one example of the many gifts I received, that I sometimes, when going through difficult periods, I forget.
But in these later years, whenever really difficult times arose, I have reminded myself of how often these were MIRACULOUSLY resolved. I increasingly live in the FAITH that I am held by the Divine.
This is a wonderful example, Sybille. It’s points to how our life circumstance are a result of our own efforts but also grace. Your efforts and aptitidue earned you that scholarship. But the fact the scholarship exists is a gift of someone else, who thought it might was imporant to help other in this particular way. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! And all the “free” resources we have today through the www!
Exactly! So much of what we have isn’t what we earned, it was donated to us by past generations and even by people in this current one. Remarkable. Thank you. /\