Peacock Dreams

Gratitude

yezida

7/22/08 07:17 pm

At the soup kitchen today, I was washing a huge pot during clean up and a guest paused on her way out and said, "That man just told me to take care of myself, but that is a big responsibility!"

I replied, "Yes, and we all need to take that responsibility!"

She said, "But that means I need to deal with my pride over having to accept help from other people, and the tangled web that creates!"

I breathed in and said, "And we all have to deal with that, too."

The exchange made me grateful. Grateful for her insight, grateful for the opportunity to share a moment with her, and grateful for my life.

Other things that make me grateful today are:

Riding my bicycle to the farmer's market for organic, local, produce. Strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, peaches, cheese... Yummy.

Seeing the movie Chris & Don: a Love Story with my loves last night.

And the other usual blessings: Deep love, great sex, health, flowers, birds, a home, satisfying work, art, books, and people who keep showing up for themselves (and others) and trying their best.

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• catrinaz

  7/23/08 02:43 am (UTC)

  

  thanks for the reminder of usual blessings.

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• kenllama

  7/23/08 12:22 pm (UTC)

  

  Good morning Thorn =) Thank you for this glimpse of normalcy and amazingness all wrapped up together, as is so often the case.
  
  *joy and love and abundant blessings*
  
  And enjoy your local strawberries! Strawberry season was woefully short here this year, so all of my berries this week are more local to you than to me!

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• starrthinks

  7/23/08 02:32 pm (UTC)

  

  Ooh, cheese at the farmers market. I wish we had that here. We do have a great market of produce and some organic local meats. It's amazing that people can grow this food for us. I'm trying to garden organically this year for the first time. My squash all died (beetles), the pole beans are not well , and the something is after my tomatoes!
  
  I can't imagine trying to grow enough food to actually feed people, let alone sell! Blessed be the local and organic farmers!

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• eldaradan

  7/24/08 03:04 am (UTC)

  

  Oh wow. I'm really excited about that movie now that I know it exists.

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• dawnzee

  7/24/08 12:54 pm (UTC)

  

  Funny how we forget Gratitude so often. Especially in these times when we are constantly reminded how we need to Do Without. Honestly, I have all I need and then some. I am rich in family and friends. Who needs McMansions?

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