Rev. Lori: Gratitude is a Flow
This reflection was originally published in the previous week’s Friday Flyer.
Hello Good People,
It being November, with the backdrop of Thanksgiving, it is fitting that Soul Matters chose Gratitude for the theme this month. Gratitude is not just a feeling—it’s a flow. When we recognize the gifts we’ve received, something inside us opens. We see how our lives are woven together with the kindness of others and the abundance of the world. True gratitude doesn’t stop at saying “thank you”; it ripples outward. It becomes generosity, compassion, and care. When we pass it on—through a kind word, a helping hand, a moment of listening—we keep that sacred current moving. In giving forward what we have received, we become part of gratitude’s endless circle. We can all be a part of this circle. We all are a part of this circle. Our faith, principles and values call us to live into this flow in the missions we undertake and in our service to our own community.
Gratitude is not just a feeling-it is a flow. Please reflect on that statement. Please say it out loud, and say it in your head. Let your mind’s eye rest on the words. Ask the sentence what it has to say to you specifically. How do the words gratitude and flow connect for you? Or not? What does it mean to pass it on? Go and do so today and tomorrow and always!
Rev Lori Whittemore
(she, her, hers)
Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco Biddeford