for pictures, friends, rain, coolness in the air, justice, good cops, good guys, hope

1. God
2. the eye(s) that fashioned it, then and now, and the hands that created and continue to maintain it
3. Path under trees
4. Antique bridge
5. Mary Poppins in the Park
6. Daisy chains
7. Art in the park
8. Place to sit
9. absorbing the earth’s tilt and motion through gravitational waves

God, thank you for this, this gratitude. Thank you for the ability to feel this, and to thank, and to have this expression
Thank you for my grandparents
Thank you for options, ideas, thoughts
Thank you for the writings of Daniel Quinn
Thank you for leaders in the field
Thank you for amazing people in the world, to talk to, connect with, learn from
Thank you for the amazing wealth of knowledge and wisdom we have
Thank you for our desire to improve and change and grow
Thank you for discontent, and what it does for us

Very Grateful for:
God’s guardian angels
Mrs. K. is safe after her car accident
Judy V. has won her long battle with cancer and is in Heaven nowAmelia is able to sleep soundly in her new place
Lori is healing well after her knee surgery
Rachel is in very positive spirits after her broken leg
H.J.’s concern
health insurance
and doctors and nurses

Let’s stretch out in the fullness of small and move downward in gladness rather than upward in fear. ~Emily Freeman

feeling safe, good guys, delicious red apple, clean cool drinking water, hope, optimism, dreams, thoughts,

1.God
2. Good meeting
3. Talking with Hannah and David
4. Growth and endurance of flowers
5. Cats wanting some loving
6. A good life
7. Getting to meet Kate’s father

Very Grateful for:
God’s hugs through compassionate people
The sofa from my childhood, reclaimed and in my house
the car
finding something I thought was lost
remembering Silvia’s admonition to make progress “little by little”
Judy’s newsletter
computers
printers
slow healing from the combative meeting over the weekend
a new motto:
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest… Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ~Elie Wiesel

~Elie Wiesel

to God, motivation, hope, curiosity, family, my sandals, good food, hot coffee…

1. God
2. Hannah
3. David
4. Invitation to celebrate Kate’s birthday
5. which was, in part, like going to a dog park
6. driving through farm country, with signs that read horses have the right of way
7. Meal made from vegetables from the garden, not needing to buy anything else