Thank you for the beauty of music.

Thank you again and again for folks at Kindred Spirits and other hubs of compassion who feed faith in humanity.

Thank you for the marshmallowy press of pedals up hills.

Thank you always for loved ones’ kindness when we don’t feel worthy. 

Thank you for firmness softening with time.

Thank you for praise (not gobbled by ego) that shines into hearts. Thank you for hearts radiating the warmth they accept.

Thank you for hikes in health from sufficient, high-quality sleep. Thank you for the hope to enjoy better sleep (and clarity) soon.

Thank you for an upcoming trip to ABQ.

Thank you for stumbling onto therapy. Thank you for focus channeled deeper than specific surface issues, down to the amorphous core of well being.

Thank you for attention to being well that effortlessly resolves un-wellness. Thank you for nutrients diverted from illness to feed health.

Thank you for a chic useable gift from MR (future next door neighbor).

Thank you for BO’s caring enthusiasm.

Thank you for KB’s smile. Thank you for her happy dance when she heard the house news.

Thank you for Monique and Joe, Helen and Floyd, Sidney and Marguerite.

Thank you for Father’s Day weekends filled with special people and moments.

Thank you for days tangled with excitement, fear, contrition, joy, learning, confusion, laughter, compassion, awe…

Thank you for easy conversations.

Thank you for family who feel like friends.

Thank you for when there is eagerness at the start of a day.

Thank you for overlap of what we “need” to do with what we want to do. 

Thank you for efforts to edit unnecessary phrases like “have to,” “need to,” and “should.” Do you notice those too? Often they simply can be deleted with no real loss. Other times, replacing them with “would like to” or “would do well to” works better. (Once in a while, they’re okay as is.)

Thank you for laughs over lunch with GB. Thank you for the black and white pic of him as a boy with his dad.

Thank you for when seeking challenges the fear that one’s gratitude bank is empty.

Thank you for practice.

Thank you for the more we spend, the more we receive. I guess it matters what we spend on, too.

Thank you for trimming trees at the lot with BO. Thank you for PH and Nacho helping with the branches. Thank you for the care behind their practical advice.

Thank you for tools to communicate about the relative benefits of clean energy.

Thank you for hope in three-sister reunions. Thank you for healing power in numbers.

Thank you for parents alive in daughters and sons.

Thank you for big sisters.

Thank you for dads on the other side, smiling on us.

Thank you for fresh air in the Sierra Nevadas.

Thank you for efforts to sustain friendships—what does friendship mean to you?

Thank you for Socrates’ prayer to Pan in the Phaedrus.

May our outward lives enhance our inner beauty. May they be in harmony with the spirit inside us. May we see that our wisdom is our riches. May we enjoy all the resources that a temperate person needs.

Thank you for being here. Sending love and warm wishes <3