Thank you for tahini dressings.

Thank you for when my eyes opened while meditating to meet Peaches’ look of love. 

Thank you for a morning chat with the ladies by the clubhouse. 

Thank you for books on hold at the library. The first one ready is Cat’s Cradle. I don’t know much about it but enjoyed one of Vonnegut’s books long ago. 

Thank you for library networks that make so many books accessible.

Thank you for the inspiration found in reads. Books can be like firework shows for the brain. They fill you with wonder and leave you in awe.

Thank you for trust, which seems to require communication and vulnerability. I am not sure how trust will take root without a leap (of faith?) closer toward the person or thing to be trusted. (I mean, how can it take root from a safe distance?)

Thank you for when we try to be there for others through difficult times, even when we do so awkwardly and imperfectly.

Thank you for a good workout Monday. I was sore for two days.

Thank you for when being boring doesn’t seem dull.

Thank you for contact with friends that reveals how diverse the world is and opens you to accept differences. It also raises appreciation for the gift of compatibility: you are less inclined to take for granted shared interests and values.

Thank you for new leaves on Jedidiah.

Thank you for a sewing kit to repair Peaches’ pillow.

Thank you for new friends.

Thank you for silent friends who are deeply loved regardless of what they do or don’t say.

Thank you for friends who remain friends with no physical involvement.

Thank you for friends of different ages, colors, backgrounds, cultures, sexes, beliefs, orientations, etc. They water my kindness, awareness, and interest. They feed happiness—if my social circle were restricted to women just like me, life might be solitary. Respectful connections also mold me into a more capable partner.

Thank you for us being more forgiving and accepting.

Thank you for more of us taking action to reduce our carbon footprints.

Thank you for confidence and calm to feel that life isn’t forcing me to be any certain way.  Thank you for when there is time to research and take conscious action. Thank you for when there is power to consider options, space to weigh decisions, experience to make deliberate steps. 

Thank you for intentional living (not that this is my way but it is a healthy way that I strive for).

Thank you for efforts to live with intention.

Thank you for life flowing on. If it isn’t how we would choose, sometimes its meaning and beauty are enhanced by accepting how it is.

Thank you for vacations that are not escapes but are rests or adventures.

Thank you for people who choose zero emissions vehicles, like my neighbor who is leasing a Bolt even though they were recalled because the batteries may catch fire, or something like that.

Thank you for how fun it is to practice speaking French.

Thank you for sun salutations.

Thank you for window coverings soon, after months in a sort of fishbowl. 

Thank you for simple lives.

Thank you for drama free relationships.

Thank you for Bob down the hill who loves to bark at Peaches. Thank you for his big wrinkly blue head and stubby wagging tail. Thank you for how he always stays behind the short gate to his yard, even though he could easily hop over it. Thank you for how everyone can see the choice Bob doesn’t make. It’s something to talk about when walking alongside neighbors down the hill past Gary’s small fence and large dog.

Thank you for typos that form new nonsense words.

Thank you for bedtime.

Thank you for the care that we give ourselves.

Thank you for the DJ of my dreams.

Thank you for good nights and happy weekends.

Thank you for health. I wish the best of it on you!