Welcome to Living a Life of Gratitude.
I'm Sarah Wiseman.
Heaven's Ledger.
What if everything you might consider as your life's purpose was nothing?
What if all your accomplishments,
When you arrive for your reckoning in heaven,
Nirvana,
Beyond the veil,
Wherever you believe you are going,
What if these were taken out,
Examined,
And found to be nothing?
No longer shiny and bright,
But drab and shabby,
As if collected and carted around in an old grocery bag.
What if they were looked at,
All your pretty things,
And then discarded to float away on the breeze,
The bright white tail of one particularly favorite accomplishment scent flapping,
Pale and gentle as a kite rising.
Everything taken out and looked at and discarded until,
When you reach the bottom of the bag,
There was nothing left.
Nothing.
Nothing counted enough to be considered your finest accomplishment.
Nothing counted enough to be considered your finest achievement.
Your whole illustrious,
Successful,
Important,
Rewarded life was determined,
Awash.
Nothing counted.
You arrived with nothing,
And still they let you in.
There may or may not be a pearly gate to heaven's door guarded by St.
Peter.
There may or may not be a time of reckoning with points tallied up,
Sins examined,
Under a celestial microscope.
It is your choice to believe in this version of the afterlife or not,
Or really,
What does anyone know?
Few have crossed the line in return to tell,
And what they do tell of white tunnels,
Bright lights,
And angels doesn't seem to include a ledger in the clouds for naughty or nice.
When you lift off from the idea of right or wrong,
Good or bad,
Take punitive moralistic views out of the equation and focus instead on hearts opening into compassion,
Connection,
Love,
This becomes the true measure of our lives.
Not what job we had,
But how much we cared for others.
Not how much money we made,
But how much we loved.
Not how many trips we took,
But how much we enjoyed.
If you were to look at your life outside of the usual bucket list of achievements and experiences,
How does your life measure?
How much has your heart opened thus far?
How much more would you like it to open into gratitude for what you have experienced?
Start today.
Simply ask for this opening into thanks.
