It's 7 in the morning and I'm sitting on my porch...in a short sleeve shirt. A bright, clear, calm day.
I'm trying to write this blog while Emmy keeps interrupting me, nudging my leg with her toy, wanting to play fetch. So I toss her toy and write a sentence before she returns, then toss again.
Flowers are blooming every where, birds are singing, all the tress and plants have their leaves.
It is a glorious Thanksgiving Day morning!
I am grateful for all of this. Today, I am.
I know, you have had to endure copious amounts of my whining over the past 2 years in these blogs. Sometimes out and out rage. This place has thrown me against the wall more than once. It has stretched me to my limits and then some.
But on this morning, I am grateful.
A friend had a quote in Facebook that said we get into a rut and live our lives in that rut, rarely struggling out into life newly.
Yes, I am grateful for the warm weather and absence of winter, but much more than that, I am grateful for the opportunity to get out of the rut.
So here's to adventure and reinventing life.
After all the whining, complaining, rage, spoiled brat antics, pessimism, doubt, confrontation, resignation, and disgust...
Is gratitude...
I am fortunate to have this opportunity!
3 comments:
Beautifully said! Glad to see you had a nice Thanksgiving morning. We had dinner with Jonny at the frat-animal house in Chicago.... really well done meal and a pleasant time too! Hoping I can join you on the porch soon... and still fighting to stay out of the rut!
Bill & Family
I am happy you got to celebrate Thanksgiving with everyone in you family. It is one of the best holidays! And you got to see a slice of Jonny's frat life, a
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You got to see Jonny's frat life even though I'm sure everyone was on their bet behavior for all the parents!
Have a safe trip home.
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