Gratitude is important for many reasons and offers benefits:

Expressing Gratitude "helps" us to appreciate the good things in our lives, which when considered and focused on it brings more contentment, positive energy and joy.

Gratitude can help us to build and maintain strong, healthy relationships with others, as it enables us to express our thanks and appreciation for the people who matter to us.

Gratitude can be a benefit allowing us to focus on the good things and not "dwelling" on the negativity. 

Gratitude is a connector allowing us to connect with kindred hearts around the world, where the connector is a common core with hearts inspiring each other, and building on appreciating those in our lives and those we encounter.  

"A Staple" defined for reference of this Heart Share is...

"Staple" > Main, or Important, a Point of reference for a moment experienced

Along My Life's Journey

This Heart's Experience is filled with...

A Conversation

A Moment

A Celebration 
Joyful or Sad

Becomes a Staple

For this Heart I'm Grateful

Because

God's Wisdom 

Taught This Heart 

How to Live Engaged
How to Embrace Moments Experienced


For Every Loved One
For Every Moment
For This Heart
Includes


The Last Conversation
The Last Look
The Last Moment 
The Shared Celebration 
Can Be 
HEART RETRIEVED


A Beautiful Space
That 
Allows this Heart to reflect on Precious Moments
with 
Many Dear Hearts
Who 
To Date of This Share
Has Transitioned Forward


THAT MY DEAR FRIEND 
IS
A 
​HEART STAPLE


NEVER TAKE A SINGLE MOMENT 
FOR GRANTED
​Moments will become Precious Memories

Hugs,
​
Donyale 

Once upon a time, in a small village,
there was a boy named Jack.
Jack was a happy and content boy, 
but he often took things for granted.
He didn't think twice 
about the food he ate, the clothes he wore, 
or the roof over his head.


One day a great famine struck the land, 
and Jack's village was hit very hard.
Suddenly,
There was no food to be found, 
and
Many people including Jack's own family,
were struggling to survive.


Jack quickly realized how blessed he had been
and he became filled with Regret.
He wished he had appreciated the things 
that he had so easily taken for granted.
He vowed to never take 
 Things or Those who surrounded his life
For granted.


From that day on, Jack made a conscious effort
to express Gratitude for all that he had.
He Thanked his parents for their love and care.
He Thanked the farmer in his village
​who grew the food that he ate,
He Thanked God for the sun shining 
He Thanked God for the rain that allowed what was planted
An opportunity to grow. 


As time passed,
Jack discovered that being Grateful for what he had
Made him happier and more content.


Jack realized that Gratitude
Was not just a Feeling,
But
A Way of Life.
Jack was grateful for that lesson, too.

"You Are Enough"

This Heart finds Fulfillment in listening to the Stories of Another, the greatest joy for this Heart, is often located, in just listening to the Heart of others.


The space that was shared "this day", was a Conversation with a Heart of a Stranger, that shared  that "they felt less than" in a season of life that they currently find themselves in. 


This Stranger shared...
Life "current day" has been very challenging and they were personally experiencing some set backs and they shared how they had a doctor's appointment and they were treated poorly by the "tone" of the personnel who greeted them upon arrival, for a scheduled appointment, and they already had felt so low before arriving.



An opportunity missed from my view, of just being professional, just doing the job of greeting someone kindly upon arrival.  A moment that could have offered a burdened heart, a smile, a peaceful moment. 


My Heart was overwhelmed by this Heart who was sharing. 
A Stranger, so burdened, that this Heart was grateful to be positioned to just listen, to allow this heart who was burdened a moment to vent, a moment to share, with a stranger, who just offered a space to listen. 


My nature is to encourage, to inspire, to remind the Heart of another to Focus on what really matters.  It is Fulfillment, it offers an unmeasurable joy. The same that was done in conversation with this Heart.  The greatest fulfillment this heart has found is when being allowed an opportunity to be in service to another, it is fulfilling and a gift that flows back into this heart's life in so many ways. 


It is a blessing to be "used" in this way, a way that affords this heart Fulfillment, beyond the words to express. 


I believe this stranger, who in our brief moment together was allowed a moment, a safe space to vent, without judgement. Which allowed an opportunity for "this heart" to give back with words of encouragement, to offer a listening ear, that served as a brief moment to give a stranger a Hug "with" the offering of listening ears. 


When this Heart Shares moments like this...
I'm not looking for validation, or cheers, or acknowledgement, I'm looking for the tribe, the hearts who have connected to this village. Kindred Hearts. I'm looking for the Tribe who shares this Heart's Vibe to be on alert, to have awareness and to be available in the moment with Strangers, available to just listen.

To encourage, to inspire, to share a Smile, a peaceful space in which to engage when afforded an opportunity,  with the Heart of a Stranger.  

When and If
The Moment offers an Invitation

From My Heart to Yours
This Heart does not share Answers
This Heart shares a Perspective

A Perspective that comes from a Heart that has traveled a road filled with Mountain Tops and Valleys so low, that this Heart had to Crawl Through
That "Thank God" was traveled with a Heart of Faith
That allowed this Heart to not be locked in a Dark Space


This Conversation with a Heart of a Stranger
Reminded this Heart of My Why
The Why this Heart Shares
The Why this Village offers an Open Door

Dear Heart...

No one is greater than you
No one sits in a position to pass judgement
To decide if you are worthy
Or
To offer Validation



In closing,
Never give another person
A Stranger
An Associate More Value than YOU

You are investing to much into the Worth of Another
In Which You have No Clue
Who They Are
And 
The Darkness that they are Walking Through

Sometimes
The "low self esteem" of another
Only finds value
In making "YOU" feel less than

A Greek Word 
Learned
And
This Heart Wants To Share Is


"Arkeo"


To Be Strong

To Suffice

To Be Enough

Satisfied 
​
Contented

The Beauty located in "one word"