Thank you for better time management last week.

Thank you for good feels after fasting.

Thank you for kooky text messages from Don.

Thank you for Veganuary.

Thank you for healthy bodies.

Thank you for bright blue skies.

Thank you for toes.

Thank you for practice dealing with (my) mental health issues because it’s made it easier to deal with new issues that come up, like strain from the pandemic. 

Thank you for time to read over my 2020 daily planner and see the shift since pre-covid. It was a bigger lifestyle change than I had realized.

Thank you for a year of lowered expectations and activity. (Of rest?)

Thank you for free wisdom and advice on wellness (online, for example). To find what works for a given individual may take discernment and persistence. I especially appreciate wisdom from unexpected sources.

Thank you for conversations we have with ourselves.

Thank you for the capacity to think about our own thoughts and feelings.

Thank you for times I don’t recall all there is to be thankful for but push myself to write anyway. Thank you for when it doesn’t feel genuine but I keep on because it’s a healthy practice. And it does help. Meditation is like that too.

Thank you for difficulty facing loved ones after a falling out. In some cases it wouldn’t be that hard if we weren’t so sensitive and caring. It shows we care. In other words, a possible side effect of a delicate heart is an overactive conscience? Or it could be value judgments of ourselves muddy things up. Whatever the case, thank you for non-judgmental awareness (stripping emotions bare) as a solvent that clears space for understanding and reconciliation. 

Thank you for the past being the past. Thank you for no need to apologize, confront, or blame. Thank you for learning from the past when at a vantage point that feels safe.

Thank you for the perfect playlist to enjoy on a snowy morning walk. Thank you for how cute Peaches looks trotting to music.

Thank you for matcha powder.

Thank you for unemployment benefits. 

Thank you for policies informed by research and by successful models.

Thank you for women leaders adding fresh perspectives.

Thank you for US politicians starting to take the climate crisis more seriously.

Thank you for confusion when it’s closer to truth. Thank you for when you look at something deeply enough, when you keep questioning, and confidence morphs into uncertainty. Sometimes the confusion is unhealthy self doubt. Other times, it’s healthy. I think that continued questioning removed from emotion ultimately may discern the healthy from unhealthy doubts.

Thank you for coconut water.

Thank you for reusable feminine products.

Thank you for seasonal produce.

Thank you for covid vaccinations although I might be a little hesitant to get one right away.

Thank you for thoughtful, kind, sensitive, hilarious, supportive, insightful, strong silent friends.

Thank you for feelings expressed, positive and negative and in between.

Thank you for the capacity to express hurt, to say “ouch.” My view is that bringing suffering to light in relationships creates opportunity for understanding. It strengthens bonds. If I’m unsure how to share in a healthy way, then I may take time to respond.

Related to the above, thank you for help/clarification on the question, When I feel hurt, what would be a healthy way to communicate that? 

Thank you for Charity at Andy Gump offering information with kindness.

Thank you for fingernails. 

Thank you for healthy skin.

Thank you for families that get along.

Thank you for a favorite quote from Harvey: “In this world . . . you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years, I was smart. I recommend pleasant.”

Thank you for Jimmy Stewart.

Thank you for a long bike and walk path nearby, on the PCH of ABQ (Tramway).

Thank you for waterfalls. 

Thank you for vegan shepherd’s pies. Thank you for recipes exchanged.

Thank you for self care, especially during difficult times. Self care I divide into four parts: body, mind, heart, and soul. Even though they’re all connected it helps me to look at it this way. Here are some examples. To care for the body includes diet, sleep, exercise, etc. Reading, math, meditation, learning a new language, are all good for the mind. Sustaining respectful relationships keeps the “heart” in good shape. To care for the soul means to nurture the relationship with the inner self and to feed the relationship with something greater, through meditation, prayer, reading, fasting.

Thank you for routines that facilitate self care and give a sense of control and predictability. They stabilize moods. And they help me to be more productive when they’re not too rigid.

Thank you for intentional discomfort as the counterbalance to routine. Finding comfort within discomfort is key to having ease in a dynamic world. I think new learning and adventures, however scary, help. Lately I’m lacking in this department. Anyway plenty of adventures await.

Thank you for playful pooches.

Thank you for watermelon booch.

Thank you for studies of happiness.

Thank you for Peaches letting me hold her close when the fireworks were popping.

Thank you for the Forks over Knives queso recipe. It’s relatively healthy and fun to make. It’s not drool-worthy but good enough.

Thank you for friends with sound advice.

Thank you for time to think.

Thank you for new year’s resolutions. This year I’d like to practice prioritizing time to be more productive (but not busy). Other objectives are to draw healthy boundaries for myself and to communicate with compassion. 

Thank you for when there is ambiguity in another’s words or actions, and we choose to interpret it in a way that leaves his or her best self unscathed. Thank you for the principle of charity.

Thank you for no frills living.

Thank you for the simplicity of happiness.

Thanks you for the irony of greater happiness or contentment resulting from an even mind as opposed to a mind that seeks pleasure and avoids pain.

Thank you for new leaves on verbena the dracaena. 

Thank you for lists and the fun of deleting some items and crossing off others.

Thank you for awareness of how absorbent I am. Things soak in easily so I’m careful about environments.

Thank you for cumulative positive effects.

Thank you for Jan 20 almost here.

Thank you for Georgia.

Thank you for politicians crossing the aisle to do what’s right. 

Thank you for voices that speak unpopular truths.

Thank you for long walks.

Thank you for the capacity to see when we’ve strayed off track informing decisions to correct course.

Thank you for cheerfulness when skies are clear.

Thank you for calm when skies are cloudy.

Thank you for leadership in a framework not of justice and retribution but of insight and love.

Thank you for a new read, Monday Starts on Saturday. It’s entertaining.

Thank you for everyone in my immediate family sharing basically similar political views now.

Thank you for dwelling places as sanctuaries. Outside our doors, anything can happen. If we’re lucky, we enjoy some control within our homes. We can make them refuges where all are treated well. We can feel safer there. 

Thank you for the ability to learn throughout life.

Thank you for soup weather.

Thank you for big changes on the way.

Thank you for weekends.

Thank you for peaceful sleep.