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Painting the Days with Gratitude

Going deep into gratitude

is wondrous.

Living, 

bathing,

becoming gratitude,

is miraculous.

Gratitude colors every day in hues of joy,

jumps to meet each moment with curiousity,

nourishes patience,

melts into love--

love of everything and everyone,

the good, the bad,

the boring, the exciting.

Gratitude paints the world

with wonders and miracles,

come, come, let us wash each moment in gratitude,

a painter's palette of beauty,

we need only lift the brush

and let the colors flow.

🌷(3)

◄ A Prayer

Tiny Bud ►

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Hélène

Tue 21st Nov 2023 16:00

I rather like your suggestion, Graham, and I gave it a go. Made the poem flow better, I think. Merci! And thanks Manish for your encouraging words. (Any subsequent readers won't see the original pre-Graham-suggested-edit version; suffice it to say I repeated the word gratitude over and over before each descriptive phrase, which gave the poem a bit of a heavier read.)

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Graham Sherwood

Tue 21st Nov 2023 15:22

I like the poem although I think the over repetition of the titular word 'gratitude' spoils it somewhat.
For me it would be stronger if the references were served together, ie, living, bathing, becoming etc! it's just a personal view and the idea is quite lovely.

well done Helene

G

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Manish Singh Rajput

Tue 21st Nov 2023 15:07

I loved this poem and its title "Painting the Days with Gratitude".
"Gratitude colors every day in hues of joy" is so rightfully said, Hélène. We all need to have gratitude from within to make our days better and colourful.
Thank you.

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