{"id":44761048,"date":"2021-11-30T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=44761048"},"modified":"2021-11-30T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:00:33","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayer-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=44761048","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayer of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prayer about gratitude from unexpected sources.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4acc9e7e-1e3e-4c94-9631-489b5b31790f_4608x3456.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A close-up photo of a sunflower partially shown. The background is a gray-blue sky.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@rosiekerr?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Rosie Kerr<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/gratitude?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, but the topic of gratitude has been lingering with me. It\u2019s a value that is often promoted and admired, but sometimes it can be a quality applied to various circumstances that aren\u2019t necessarily thought of. I wrote a prayer in some of the different ways gratitude can manifest and be comprehended.<\/p><p>O Gratitude,<\/p><p>May I understand your significance beyond the scope of a single day.<\/p><p>May I see past any attempts of conflating you with misplaced pride.<\/p><p>May I experience you when life is bountiful and not so bountiful.<\/p><p>May I feel you in the love and care of family and friends.<\/p><p>May I sense your significance in the lows and highs of my health.<\/p><p>May I be reminded of your presence when I forget you.<\/p><p>May I express you when faith is scarce.<\/p><p>May I understand your role in realizing my privileges.<\/p><p>May I recognize you in another person\u2019s kindness.<br\/>May I see you in the world around me.<\/p><p>May I fill my heart with your light and warmth.<\/p><p>May I know that you are an infinite companion to a myriad of possibilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer about gratitude from unexpected sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44761048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44761048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44761048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44761048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44761048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44761048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44761048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}