“I think the truth is the most wild adventure you could have in life… I just think it’s a really exciting way to live…. You just get to find out what happens…” —Ms. Milazzo

Thank you for going beyond surrender or trust in truth to enlisting it as a guide into uncharted opportunity. (It’s aspirational.)

Thank you for wise, creative, loving friends.

Thank you for a night stargazing on the deck with G and D before the trip.

Thank you for duos greater than the sum of their parts, like music and movement.

Thank you for Nellie and Charlie (French bulldogs). Thank you for the graciousness of their parents.

Thank you for warm sendoffs.

Thank you for road tripping with Eagle, Box, and Big Buddha. Thank you for the privilege to gather inspiration from how they view life. Thank you for their safe journey home.

Thank you for podcasts. Thank you for playlists.

Thank you for the grocery store in Seligman with the friendly bearded man who let us use his restrooms even though the signs on the doors said they were out of order.

Thank you for starry skies above the Grand Canyon.

Thank you for NM’s extraordinary care for others. Thank you for her magical tent-side dinner, for the smell of spices mingling in the pan, for the famished giddiness at mealtime, for every satisfying nibble and giggle together. 

Thank you for elk visitors. 

Thank you for Jersey girls and guys. Thank you for Mexi-cans. Thank you for juice goddesses with statuesque hounds. Thank you for brotherly Brits.

Thank you for humans with a strong measure of integrity.

Thank you for feeling safe.

When I don’t meet another’s expectations, thank you for it being okay sometimes.

Thank you always for self-soothing.

Thank you for the capacities to give and receive.

Thank you for sisters’ rising above. Thank you for their determination. Thank you for their healing. 

Thank you for the non-word “satisfactual.”

Thank you for a revised home delivery date closer to my birthday. Thank you for a dream team (AV and LS).

Thank you for relative solitude in ABQ to focus on the next chapter. Thank you for nourishment to and from family. Thank you for rest.

Thank you for strategies to decide responsibly in a world that bombards many of us with options. Broadly choosing less over more is one. Underlying it is the assumption that thriving prefers simplicity. Also helpful is whittling more obvious non-contenders—making early cuts based on wellness, sustainability, the golden rule, etc. Doing so opens space for careful attention to the options left. (To be considerate may take time.)

Thank you for freedom in simplicity.

Thank you for the fullness of emptiness.

Thank you again for those living differently.

Thank you for our liberation through health. Thank you for our clarity. Thank you for our peace.

Thank you for the foundations of love.

Thank you for when we release attachments amassed between us and genuine freedom.

Thank you for the adventure of truth.

Thank you for the prospect of clearer thoughts when sleep increases.

Wishing you unfettered truth, peaceful rest, clear thought, safe bonds, and exuberant wellness! Know you are loved <3