I am grateful for the thirty minutes I got to spend in the phone with my friend yesterday before his surgery. It was good to hear his voice, registering the calm acceptance of the situation in his voice, and to be able to offer him support. ...
I am grateful for the kindness and compassion of others. A dear friend is having open heart surgery today and the outpouring of love from others for him and his wife has been grounding. I am grateful for skilled hands of surgeons and operating room staff. I know that my friend will be well cared for by a team of people who I will never meet. ...
I am grateful for authentic and candid conversations. So much of our day to day interaction boils down to inauthentic idle chit-chat. When we can have a truly vulnerable conversation with another human being we develop compassion and empathy and are living more fully. ...
I am grateful for bicycles. I have loved my bikes as long as I can remember — the baby blue banana seat Raleigh, the red Huffy BMX, the red Huffy Ten Speed, the white Haro Freestyler tricked out with pink mag wheels and white tires, the green Bridgestone MB6 hard tail mountain bike, the orange Specialized MTB with a suspension fork, my blue Cannondale road bike, and my finally my Turquoise Yeti full suspension MTB. I have loved them all. ...
I am grateful for the 20 minutes and 53 seconds that I got to spend introducing my son to Pinky and the Brain this morning. We watched it on Hulu on my iPhone and he laid his head in my lap. Time like this is rare with him as he’s almost thirteen. ...
I am grateful for friends. I have a lot of friends who I know in real life but I am also blessed to have some really great relationships with people I have never met thanks to the internet. It may be hard to believe but I’ve had some of the best conversations with folks on Twitter. ...
I am grateful for the a quiet Friday afternoon after a long and hectic week. I am looking forward to the weekend. I am grateful for my a job that I love, in a field that I’ve been passionate about for 23 years. If you’re going to devote 40 plus hours a week to something, it better be meaningful to you. ...
I am grateful for the elasticity of the mind, the ability to learn new things, or to relearn old things. After a few years of study and practice, I feel like I’m finally making progress with the guitar again. ...
I am grateful for the greater capacity for compassion and empathy that I’ve developed over the years. I feel better, more happy and free, because I am not chained to resentments and judgement the way I once was when I was younger. ...
I am grateful for the kindness of others, particularly when they help others who so desperately need it. It reminds me that there is more light than darkness in the world. I am grateful for a brisk walk with my wife after work to decompress a bit before making dinner this evening. Sometimes, a walk with each other is the next best thing to a date night. ...
I am grateful for the album as an art form. I listened to several of my favorite U2 albums start to finish last night and it brought me great joy. I am grateful for the podcast Transmissions: The Definitive Story, which is about the bands Joy Division and New Order. It’s a great trip down memory lane. ...
I am grateful that no one in my family has gotten sick during this pandemic. It seems that masks and quarantine really do work. I hope we can keep it this way. I am grateful to have a job I can do remotely in this pandemic because I haven’t had to worry about paying the mortgage and I can shelter in place. I know many others are not so fortunate. ...
I am grateful for Thanksgiving leftovers which continue to feed me and reduce the time I am spending in the kitchen this weekend. I am grateful for my son’s gravity blanket. After a rather poor nights sleep it made fir the best nap on the couch this morning and I now feel like I got a great nights sleep. ...
I am grateful that we pulled the plug on our trip to NY. We had a much better Thanksgiving here at our house than we would have in NY. I am grateful for Zoom, which enabled us to have a video chat with the family last night even though we couldn’t be together. ...
I’m grateful for my wife who is steadfast by my side and starts her next journey around the sun today. My life would be smaller without her. I’m grateful for my son who teaches me patience and understanding, though I am sometimes a slow learner. While there may be tough times between us, he also brings me great joy and makes me proud. ...