For Gratitude Monday I’m thinking small today. I’m
feeling grateful for the things around me that don’t always grab my attention,
but make my life good.
A weekly walking meetup with a few stalwarts who show up
every time, and new people who cycle in. There’s always something to talk
about, and the leader sets a bodacious pace.
Comfort food—making a batch of individual cottage pies
and freezing them for future dinners. Having a freezer big enough to be able to
freeze a bunch of individual cottage pies.
A city park (well, all of them, really) filling up on a
Sunday morning with kids playing soccer, every bit as intent as Man U or Madrid
Réal.
Clean, warm bedding that prevails against chilly autumn
nights.
Quiet places, in the midst of the Valley They Call
Silicon, where you can find stillness if you look for it, where hummingbirds
and woodpeckers speak solace.
Music—all forms of music accessible from multiple
sources.
Clean, potable water—even after four years of drought.
Sharing coffee with a friend, a smile with a stranger.
Small things. Yet both individually and in the aggregate,
cause for thanks.
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