Gratitude for Rats...

Yes actual, rats.  I was sitting in a meeting yesterday and this guy was sharing about how rats got into his truck and messed it up.  Made it not fire on all cylinders.  And he concluded this tale with saying, “blessed be the rats.”  We all laughed but it landed for me.  Blessed be the rats.  Real ones and metaphorical ones.  Rats are everywhere, little vermin that get into things and fuck them up.  Rats are people, things, situations, it is life.  Life is just chocked full of fucking rats.  Things that spoil our plans, ruin our habitat and cause damage to things we care about.  Rats are literally everywhere.

But what a great attitude to have about them, “blessed be the rats!”  I love this so much.  I can be vexed and pissed off about them or I can just bless them and understand there will always be rats in this life.  They are persistent little buggers and they will not leave of their own accord.  They are there, doing their rat thing, until they aren’t.  I have two choices: to allow them to rob me of my peace of mind, or I can bless them and move on.  Attend to the damage they leave in their wake, and don’t get too upset by it all.  Blessed be the rats.

I have a choice today.  I can see what pops up in my life and get all agro about it, or I can bless it.  It is a choice.  Once upon a time I didn’t have a choice.  Everything happened to me.  It was a big fucking deal and it was miserable.  All the time.  Today, I get to decide what is going to rob me of my peace of mind.  Today, I get to decide how much of my serenity I will give away to the rats of the world.  I get to choose how I am going to spend this most precious resource that is my tranquility.  Today, I have a choice.  To bless the rats of this life, or raise my fist and rail against them.  Today, I choose to bless those little fuckers...

Blessed be the rats!

Again, still...

Today’s gratitude list:

I am grateful for

Being asked to lead a meeting

Disrupting my morning routine

Good sleep

Kittens

A morning fire

Contentment

Love

Peace

Feeling like I got a message from the universe yesterday in the meeting

AA

Salt lamps

Not grasping