Seeds XII, 30

 

Seed: Thanks!

 

Rabbi Marc Gellman of Temple Beth Torah in Long Island sounds like a real character to me. He’s part of the God Squad team on cable television. Over the next four weeks, we are going to explore his four kinds of prayers.

Gellman says that the last of his four prayer types is “Thanks!” Thanks!, of course,  is expressing gratitude.

Ever do this? Find a parking space? Thanks, God. Get that bottom to match a stray top? Thanks, God. Miss a really horrendous traffic pile-up? Thanks, God.

Saying thanks is a habit to be much cultivated. Look at it this way: giving thanks primes the pump—for more giving and more receiving.

So, thanks, Rabbi Gellman, for Wow!, Oops!, Gimme!, and Thanks!

 

Be passion,

Dr. Susan Corso