Excuse Me, While I Kiss The Sky
Use the magic of gratitude.
It started as another discussion with a fellow internet marketer—people who share their work through emails, podcasts, blogs, or online classes.
These discussions all center around the question, “Why do we do it? And is it working?”
Because many of us rarely see the people who read or listen to our work, we count on some feedback to know how we are doing.
Sometimes, we start wondering if what we do matters at all.
Often, it feels as if feedback is the only way we know that what we do makes a difference, but too often, we don’t get any, or not enough to make us believe we are accomplishing what we have set out to do.
So we ask each other, “Why don’t more people let us know by sharing, commenting, or saying something—anything?”
While taking a walk, I pondered this question.
Then, I realized that I was doing the same thing.
I rarely say thank you for the many blogs, podcasts, and classes I see and appreciate.
I made a vow to myself to start doing it.
I decided to forget about worrying about the "why" for myself.
Instead, I would say “thank you” to everyone else—not just those on the internet but also in the tangible world!
And that’s when the more significant, even more critical awareness started kicking in.
I walk through a beautiful neighborhood of well-cared-for homes, lawns, and gardens. It is quiet and peaceful. Birds sing, clouds slide across the sky, and trees wave in the breeze. Lovely.
Excuse me while I anthropomorphize the Creator because that is the only way these words make sense. It would be better if I could beam the feeling to you, but for now, I am stuck with words.
If we sometimes feel forgotten and unappreciated for what we do in the world, how does the Creator of the universe feel when we, most of the time, ignore or take for granted what It has done for us?
The Master Creator, who constantly cares for us and consistently provides everything for our pleasure, rarely gets thanked.
Instead, we think ahead to what we need or back to what we don’t have.
We wish we had this or that, we wish we were somewhere else, and we wish others would behave better.
If we become aware of the infinite blessings flowing for us, we will stop wishing and wanting and start noticing the gift of Life.
And noticing, we will be able to say thank you.
Carl Sagan said, “If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
In other words, we can’t.
But we can participate.
We can share and be grateful—not just to the work of the Creator but to everyone, because everyone and everything is the outward expression and action of the Divine.
Now, as I walk, I say “thank you,” even when no one is there because gratitude brings a magical peace—an awareness of the “more.”
We can each do this in our own way, but together, think about what a difference we can make.
No one would feel as if what they do doesn’t matter.
Our job is to remember that everyone, in their way, is a necessary thread in the tapestry of life.
To me, this is the actual tithing that is required of us.
Let’s take ten percent of our time and attention and give back.
I am positive it will return a hundredfold to us in ways we can not request or foresee.
By the way, another outcome of doing this will be much less questioning whether we are important because we won’t worry about how we feel.
It will be about how we have helped someone else feel.
That has to work out for the best for all of us.
As I walked that day, I began to understand what Jimi Hendrix might have meant when he said, “Excuse me, while I kiss the sky.”
It's a perfect way to say Thank You.
Shall we kiss the sky together? Meet me at the first cloud on your right.