Today I am grateful for Duality — the essence of my conscious awareness; both my ability to know that I live, along with the foundation of any ability I might have to make that life Meaning-full … As such, I am thankful.

 

* I am thankful for my duality of self vs. Self; the dichotomy of consciousness that allows me to distinguish between acts that primarily serve myself (the selfishness of ego) and those that intend to serve others (the selflessness of the conscience).

* I am thankful for the duality of intimacy; that 1/4 second gap between the time the reptile brain tells me to flee from my enemy and the time my neo-cortex has me courageously being Kind to him/her instead.

* I am thankful for the duality of ownership; that split that makes every possession either a thing to be owned or a gift to be given.

* I am thankful for the duality of affection; that ever-present choice between actions that protect my own existence (those based in fear) and deeds that protect another’s well-being (those founded in Love).

* I am thankful for the duality of hope; that set of options always before us that demands either that we strive for what we know is best, or humbly flow with what already IS.

* I am thankful for the duality of perception; that has us constantly choosing between seeing life as either boring (i.e. familiar) or spectacular.

* I am thankful for the duality of dignity; that priceless moment when we choose to either justify, rationalize or explain our actions to those disapproving, or smile in silence with the knowledge that there is no one to convince but ourSelves.

*And I am thankful and for the duality of Freedom; where we are all afforded the opportunity to reside in the whim-built prisons of societal rules, cultural conventions and friends’ expectations — or to boldly enliven the essence of our True Selves regardless.

 

And it is so that I climb to my proverbial mountaintop, take a deep breath filled with profound reverence, and let loose with a long & loud –

Thank Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

 

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