Every morning, after I write in my journal, I read poetry . . . just a few poems...

Every morning, after I write in my journal, I read poetry . . . just a few poems, enough to get me oriented and grounded. And after the poems, I read from The Pocket Pema Chodron. These short teachings and ruminations from a Buddhist nun have the same effect on me as poetry.
So this morning in the Pema Chodron book, I read this sentence: “We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness.”
I don’t know why these words struck me so forcefully, but they did; and I wanted to share them...