Mary Oliver wrote, “Real prayers are not the words, but the attention that comes first.” I think the same is true of gratitude. It is not in the saying of “thank you,” of course that is always nice, and a proper response to most anything– but real gratitude is physical and it takes over your whole body before a word is spoken. It ‘s how a happy dog moves when she’s with you, and the way a child greets snow flurries on a blustery March day.
