Thank you for the nuns and monks at Plum Village. 

Thank you for our (Peaches and my) hawk friend. (I think we’re friends now but not sure.)

Thank you for garlic and onions.

Thank you for Peaches letting me trim her fur mats in sensitive areas.

Thank you for restful nights.

Thank you for when the thing I put off doing (paperwork) ended up easier than anticipated.

Thank you for the actions we take not for people to know we’ve taken them but instead because something inside us thinks they’re worthwhile.

Thank you for safe, clean, scenic, publicly maintained roads and paths for actively enjoying nature.

Thank you for simple folks.

Thank you for friends.

Thank you for trees.

Thank you for tree people growing their reach.

Thank you for in-person meditation retreats starting back up.

Thank you for B being cared for and accepting care graciously. Thank you for everyone who is surrounding her with love.

Thank you for supportive, friendly communities.

Thank you for Abby and Donegal.

Thank you for slightly greater awareness of attachments and for less discomfort letting go.

Thank you for emptiness, signlessness, and aimlessness—even if I don’t fully get them.

Thank you for clean teeth.

Thank you for the color of dragon fruit.

Thank you for bobcats and Bob dogs.

Thank you for more EVs and hopefully fewer combustion engines, less driving, and fewer cars overall.

Thank you for the possibility of a cleaner future.

Thank you for G and N enjoying their EV.

Thank you for enjoyment of silence, or maybe rather than complete silence, peace.

Thank you for when I’m calm enough to notice the peace around me.

Thank you for that one stretch on Mulholland that’s mournfully peaceful.

Thank you for a life (mine) to manage.

Thank you for chores feeling happier when I realize what a privilege it is to run a household.

Thank you for blossoms buzzing with bees. One bush down the hill had hundreds of them!

Thank you for reasonable prices on pasta, beans, cabbage, sweet potatoes, and so on.

Thank you for understanding that dissolves negativity into lovingkindness.

Thank you for cupcakes on the counter and frosting in the fridge.

Thank you for Peaches kiss-licking the palm of my hand when I brush her in the mornings. 

Thank you for moon-gazing with her.

Thank you for our routines.

Thank you for the man in the moon.

Thank you for the reason I fell in love with succulents.

Thank you for patience.

Thank you for courage to love.

Thank you for imperfect lives sprinkled with joy.