happiness

Meditation thought: "happiness is my birthright". Turns out I've been struggling to internalize this seemingly basic, fundamental belief. Recite, pause, and repeat. But then, comes gratitude. Add a dash of gratitude to happiness and then the feeling is grounded, ready to meet the world in its childlike excitement. With a fresh loaf of bread in the oven right here and right now, I invite Rumi to sum it all up: I know nothing better than gratitude which brings in its wake the daily bread and its increase.