Gratitude and sacred return.

The field does not feed the one who does not bless it.
This rite is the return of the hand to the earth.
What is kept without thanks becomes dust.

Bake or break bread today.
Before eating, tear a piece and set it aside.
Say: “This is for what gave it to me.”

Gratitude is not feeling—it is act.
To offer is to recognize the chain of life.
You are not the end. You are a link.

Leave the piece outside—for the birds, the wind, the unseen.
Let it be taken.
Let it remind you: not all gifts are for keeping.