Tonight I find myself feeling grateful for a number of things. Things in my power and things outside of it. Yes, this is one of those posts I could comfortably have written in a personal journal instead of posting on the internets for all y'all but maybe this will inspire you (I told you this was corny) to contemplate reasons to be grateful in your life. Because you should.
True gratitude feels damn good. Not like being in love good, which is also obviously quite good, but more like a steady, warm radiating good. A comforting good that permeates through your being and lends you confidence and some iota of understanding as to what your little insignificant (yet infinitely confounding) life means. So I got this warm fuzzy feeling while walking back from the Whitman sauna tonight. I don't doubt the possibility that this warmth inside my head and body was partially due to the extreme temperatures of the cedary vault. But the rest, I know, was the real thing.
First off, I felt cleansed. Sweating from parts of my body I thought impossible, I walked the four or so blocks from the athletic center to my apartment. It was a relatively warm night considering the coolness of the past days. It was the kind of weather where you feel that you aren't sure where your body ends and the atmosphere begins, the same way when you are immersed in a body of water whose temperature matches that of your body. I looked up and what?!--I could see the stars! Just as disappointment and frustration grows on itself, so did my feelings of gratitude. I started thinking about how fucking lucky I was in almost every single respect of my life and that got me smiling like a goon. If you know me, you know I love lists, and so you will understand my compelling need to fit them in wherever I may.
Between exiting the sauna and climbing the stairs to my third-floor apartment, I thought about
1. The people who I love and who love me in return
2. The people who I love but they don't know it, but love is love and good vibes are good vibes
3. The adorable wonders at the Kids' Place with whom I am blessed (I really dislike that expression but failed to think of another) to spend 5 hours every Wednesday morning
4. "Shake Some Action" as made popular to me by the very handsome Flash Gilmore and the Funbeatles (http://www.myspace.com/funbeatles)
5. how easy it is for me to make tea whenever I want it
6. Cats, duh
Make your own lists dear (imaginary?) readers and share them with others. Cause why the hell not capture and extend a good mood?
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