Gratefulness, The Prescription For Greed

Gratefulness is the prescription for our disease of greed. Greed will attempt (tempt or temptation) to convince us that more is better. More money, clothes, vacations, etc. Greed will even tempt us to believe that reading more verses of scripture is better than reading a few with thoughtful, soulful prayer. Yes, greed even slips into our spiritual life. Our healing of greed will involve gratitude. Learning to be grateful for what we have will give us the gift of peace and contentment. This prescription sounds easy, except that greed will not go away easily or quickly. Greed will slip into our minds and actions so subtly that often we are not able to recognize the greed until we have succumbed to its temptation. Greed is never satisfied—it will motivate us to think that a little bit more is all that is necessary and then we will be satisfied. Practicing gratefulness on a daily, even hourly, basis will be a helpful spiritual discipline to discipline our temptations of greed. I encourage you to look at the YouTube video entitled, “Good Day,” by Brother David Steindl-Rast to learn more about gratefulness.-