Gratitude, Un-targeted (Poem)

Like me, have you noticed a growing phenomenon,

Of gratitude that does not a grantor champion?

What’s really going on with gratitude or gratefulness,

That never specifies the giver who showed graciousness?!

 

Wherever something has been stolen, there’s always a thief,

Triggering within the owner a sense of loss and grief.

So could there be a gift without a gift-giver,

Or graciousness received without a grace-extender?

 

Generalized gratitude and gratefulness should be withstood.

When un-targeted, such insults givers who to us showed good.

When by another’s goodness we have been subsidized,

We should always ensure the giver is recognized.

Heads up!

God is the Giver of every good and perfect gift,

But because He’s not visible, we give Him short-shrift. *

Yet for many, whenever life makes them fretful,

Troubled thoughts turn their hearts to things …spiritual.

 

Can you see how onto insults, more insults we pour,

Because of un-targeted gratitude in our core??

Of course, indeed, it’s always good to be appreciative.

Even better when of gift-givers we’re …explicative.

 

So whenever from your mouth or those of others,

You hear some ‘un-targeted gratitude errors,’

Words that only speak of gratitude  ‘in general’,

STOP! Ask to whom, specifically, are you grateful?

 

Let’s help folks do a better job connecting the dots,

Cleansing from our gratitude blemishes and dark spots.

Let’s ensure in gratefulness, givers are respected,

And erase from our lives …gratitude, un-targeted.

Ok?

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* Every good and perfect gift comes from God above…

  (James 1:17)