Thank you for the crackle of a vacuum grabbing debris.

Thank you for the high spirits of birds flitting at the feeder on the end of the block.

Thank you for the iphone randomly deciding to play a morning song (I just called to say I love you).

Thank you for more happy-making relationship advice.

Thank you for runs and rides, etc., to focus on. Thank you for meditations that relax from their jitters. Thank you for the sleep, drink, and food they request. Thank you for calm alertness when they go well.

Thank you for friends to play with.

Thank you again for freedom from a caffeine habit lending balance.

Thank you for coherence.

Thank you for civil shout outs from anonymous drivers. 

Thank you for expectations of ups and downs. Unevenness, accepted, evens out—so a good cry here and there doesn’t spiral down. Dips pass. Insights may replace them. Equanimity has a better chance.

Thank you for sensitivity as a superpower. Thank you for mindfulness to cultivate calm amid sensitivity (sometimes).

Thank you for the compassion of the coaching program facilitator.

Thank you for a first 12-step meeting that took me out of my comfort zone. Thank you for the feat of attendees’ steps to change their/our lives. Thank you for individuals uniting in courageous efforts. 

Thank you for NM sharing with me her journey and the support groups she’s trying.

Thank you always for growth, healing, and inspiration. 

Thank you for hard work to look at ourselves when we’re scared of what we’ll see.

Thank you for those who encourage us along the way.

Thank you for porch swings, rocking chairs, tree swings, hammocks...

Thank you for cozy nights safe from storms.

Thank you for Murphy falling asleep on my lap as AV and I went over house design stuff. Thank you for our progress.

Thank you for Seminole neighbors’ pooches.

Thank you for fluffy white fur-muffin puppies.

Thank you for the honor (and joy) to be included in a NorCal house dream.

Thank you for offers accepted. Thank you for open doors.

Thank you for GC’s gift of a book with tools to hone a positive mindset. Thank you for NM’s, too.

Thank you for DS, GC, BO and others not fitting woo-woo stereotypes despite openness toward spirituality and unconventional paths to wellness. 

Thank you for Dean and Anne Ornish improving lives with lifestyle medicine.

Thank you for respectful relationships.

Thank you for heartfelt mom chats. 

Thank you for, I don’t have to do the dishes. I get to do the dishes, etc. The latest version is, I don’t have to pay the bills. I get to pay the bills. Those bills reflect the blessing of a place to live, a co-op to belong to, a phone that connects to loved ones and teaches French and plays music, access to medical care, storage for belongings, groceries and clothes and toiletries—all the stuff that meets basic needs (and beyond).

Thank you for diligent little efforts to recognize life’s infinite blessings. 

Thank you for awareness that you are one of those blessings.

Wishing you well <3