1) I had a light day today, which I needed. It's good to have some down time when things are rough.
2) I am grateful for my (newish) friend Susan.
3) I am grateful for old episodes of The West Wing. I own all seven seasons, but the first four are especially good medicine when I am down. They both make me laugh (and laughter is the best medicine) and inspire me.
4) And finally, I am grateful for a friend who wrote to me last night to let me know that my gratitude post last night was not humble -- in fact, it was filled with hubris, the exact opposite of humility and gratitude. He wasn't as blunt as that, but he was right. And I am grateful for the much-needed slap upside the head. There is compassion, and then there is idiot compassion. Sometimes true compassion is speaking hard truths, and I am grateful that he exercised some true compassion.
What are you grateful for?
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Bill,
ReplyDeleteThank-you! for being grateful for my friendship.
That means a lot to me. I imagine that you feel supported by my respect for your emotional courage in the face of your pain and by my thinking you are a "walking encyclopedia" of many many things.
You're welcome.
ReplyDeleteThe support is nice, but mostly, you just have a big heart.
Peace.