Thank you for peace.
Thank you for siblings.
Thank you for respectful jokes.
Thank you for mellow.
Thank you for solidarity in virtue.
Thank you for daily rituals.
Thank you for solutions.
Thank you for confidence in goodness.
Thank you for mornings planting, weeding, and watering at the nearby parks with caring volunteers.
Thank you for infrastructure.
Thank you for peaceful resistance.
Thank you for when the bully’s ill will becomes inert.
Thank you for strong, benevolent leadership.
Thank you for a content feeling after munching potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Thank you for chocolate chips.
Thank you for baby oak trees.
Thank you for the latest RRPs. The Johann Hari one inspired me to use airplane mode, or at least to set down my phone more (efforts are ongoing) in order to reclaim focus.
Marianne Williamson’s episode resonated with me, too. She drops truth bombs? “The path that we are here to monitor is not somebody else’s. . . . The path that you’re here to monitor, very vigilantly, is your own.” Here is a quote she attributed to Ernest Hemingway. I think it goes like this: “The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
Thank you for Peaches teaching me to be more loving.
Thank you for nights when staying awake past ten is a struggle.
Thank you for BT’s role as a godmother to a dog, and now a dog mother. Thank you for her safe trip to AZ and back.
Thank you for family caring for each other out of love.
Thank you for exfoliation and hydration.
Thank you for vegan ice cream sandwiches at TJ’s. A bonus is the cookie part sticking to teeth and fingers.
Thank you for missing a loved one, because having someone you care about enough to miss is special.
Thank you for hope and faith in love.
Thank you for all the repeats, and for your patience with them.
Thank you for the vulnerability that helps others trust us.
Thank you for repeated attempts at communication. We improve with practice.
Thank you for tenacity.
Thank you for what’s worth being tenacious for, like learning and loving.
Thank you for Miranda’s (Monstera’s) new leaf.
Thank you for prayers and meditations sending love to oppressed and oppressors in the midst of unfathomable suffering.
Thank you for hope in silver linings.
Thank you for when tragedies catalyze unity and care.
Thank you for a neighbor who teaches yoga from her home. Thank you for how much better I feel after her classes.
Thank you for the warmth of Peaches.
Thank you for awareness that maybe none of us are at our best considering the state of the world (on multiple levels). We deserve compassion, understanding, patience, forgiveness.
Thank you for chickpea not-tuna salad.
Thank you for crunchy pickles.
Thank you for the glass of water on the table next to me.
Thank you for Bob the Italian mastiff letting me pet him.
Thank you for my body malfunctioning because it reminds me of how fortunate we all are when our bodies function well.
Thank you for the parrot gang squawking around town again.
Thank you for fly-catching skills.
Thank you for thoughts recorded. The process of reflection and writing raises self awareness that makes growth inevitable.
Thank you for faith dissolving barriers. Thank you for persistent seeking that frees love.
Thank you for quiet nights with warm blankets and colorful dreams.
Thank you for everything RB.