A GRATITUDE KEY FOR OPENING JOY

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."

                           ~ Melody Beattie

Gratitude is like a key. Actually, gratitude 

is

 a key.

While we can't put gratitude on a key chain or hang it on a wall rack, gratitude opens joy just as our house key opens our front door.

Or can we? Hmm. I'm going to try this. Perhaps you will too.

Make a colorful, sturdy cardboard key with the word "gratitude" on it. Hang it on your key chain.

If you have a wall key holder in your house, make some sort of artistic key to place there. Use your imagination. Make it uniquely you. If you don't already have a wall rack, hang your gratitude key on a attractive hook in some prominent place.

This could be a simple and light-hearted way to cultivate a greater gratitude practice for ourselves. It could be fun too, especially if we involve children.

Whether or not you make a physical gratitude key, create one in your mind. Carry that image with you as you go about this day.

For the joy of it,

Charlene