Trivial Gratitude | Prose Poem

If you think of the body as a vessel for the soul,
give thanks,
and learn to master it,
you will likely be able to
live a very steady life.

Be grateful for what your body was able to do "now":
slept better than usual,
was able to eat a little bit,
was able to walk more than usual.

Even with such trivial things,
if you continue to be grateful,
the soul will no longer think of the body as a vessel,
and before you know it,
you will find that your wavelengths match,
and you will see them as a relationship that resonates with each other.

Neither way of thinking is
wrong.
Continuing to offer trivial gratitude is
surprisingly difficult.
It becomes harder to be grateful when you compare yourself to others.

If you continue to be grateful for
as many trivial things as you can think of,
in the far, far future,
your body and soul will unite and rejoice.
When the day comes that you can rejoice,
you will not care much
about other people.

I am very small and weak,
and I can only continue to offer
trivial gratitude,
and perhaps
my body and soul may never unite,
who knows.

Even so,
"trivial gratitude to myself"
is the path I live by.

( End )

Thank you for reading until the end.

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