Seeking Shining Gratitude is a collection of poems born from a lifetime of inquiry. Drawing from personal experience, Les writes with vulnerability and heartful awareness. The book invites us into moments where shame softly dissipates, emotional truths are received, and gratitude is truly experienced. These are poems to be felt. His words reach into the tender places we often avoid-reminding us that releasing our inner holdings can free our light. This first collection is both a mirror and a map for those seeking to live in alignment with deeper resonance. Les offers his poetry as a vulnerable transmission of genuine presence, one that reminds us: gratitude is not a reaction-it's a way of being.