Thank you for Sister teaching me om mani padme hum.

Thank you for unconditional acceptance from family and friends.

Thank you for a risk taken. Thank you for compassionate experts who minimized danger and maximized comfort.

Thank you for loved ones, even if far away.

Thank you for contentedness to travel solo knowing they’re with me.

Thank you for when we journey to places impacted by climate-related catastrophes, only because they further awaken us to the call for change. Thank you for all the shifts we are prioritizing then making, from the bottom up to the top down— from individuals, families and workplaces to corporations, governments…

Thank you for vegan Ethiopian takeout.

Thank you for rainy walks through Central Park.

Thank you for performance artists who earn their keep prancing on their tiptoes.

Thank you for the New York City Ballet.

Thank you for myriad ways to express creativity.

Thank you for transcendent experiences. (When have you felt a sense of awe lift you beyond yourself?)

Thank you for the meaning in stories we create about our paths, our lives, and our selves. Thank you for redemptive stories. Thank you for when we find the benefit in our history, make sense of it, or simply search for its significance.

Thank you for gems from coaching books that explore how we humans up our wellness. One nugget is that change is not a decision or event but a process. 

Thank you for Prochaska’s readiness for change model depicting the non-linear nature of progress. It’s a spiral that we cycle (and re-cycle) through.

Thank you for forgiveness of lapses and even total relapses. I’m nicer to myself when I accept twists on my path.

Thank you for Hebb’s law: “Neurons that fire together, wire together.” Thank you for neuronal plasticity.

Thank you for noticing in us what’s easy to overlook—our gradual progress, our unspoken strengths, our positive impacts and everyday superpowers…

Thank you for mellow vibes and lively ones. Thank you for joyfulness. Thank you for compassion. Thank you for every gift having its place.

Thank you for public policies in Singapore that lead to healthier (and happier) citizens. (At least that’s how it looked from the Blue Zones docuseries.)

Thank you for ancient foods like bread, beans, corn, squash… Thank you for rustic dishes like congee and minestrone.

Thank you for a realization that I won’t be bored or lonely as long as I’m happy to help those I view with respect. Accepting help may have similar benefits.

Thank you for the grapefruit-blood-orange flavor of dried golden berries.

Thank you for clean feelings from eating whole plant foods.

Thank you for hydration.

Thank you for the combo of energy without stimulants and calm without relaxers.

Thank you for another 3D dream of cuddling my little girl.

Thank you for Laura Lynne Jackson visiting SoCal in 2024.

Thank you for sister visits.

Thank you for a safe, happy east coast trip. 

Thank you for the elderly couple cuddling and smooching while they watched a movie on their laptop at the Penn Station Amtrak lounge. Wishing you someone special to smooch in your golden years, too!

Thank you for strangers waving at each other through train windows. 

Thank you again for a move back to SoCal that seems too soon. But I have faith it will work.

Thank you for everything home means to us.

Thank you for, despite challenges, so much going right, and for faith to sustain trust.

Thank you for the via character strengths survey. (Is this a repeat too?) It’s another of those free online surveys that tell you fun stuff about yourself.

Thank you for your patience.

Thank you for your unique character strengths. Thank you for what brings you joy. Thank you for the compassionate boundaries that protect your stability, your wellness. Thank you for resilience, tenacity, and faith to move you forward. Thank you for charitable honesty toward yourself, hand in hand with forgiveness, and how they nourish.

Thank you for visiting. I wish you everything good! <3