One Thousand Gifts {81 – 100}
I’ve been having a lovely time making up this list. There’s something to be said for being able to stop and revel in the blessings that you already have at your fingertips. For one thing, it makes you withdraw your hand that demands more like a dictator, flip it over and make it into a hand that offers thanksgiving.
81. Blue-blue skies
82. spotted bambi-deer greeting spring on wobbly legs
83. wind that snakes through the tree leaves bringing refreshment to the still earth
84. the sound of syllabuls, dulcet to the ears
85. cozy glows cast by a small army of candles
86. epic adventures
87. dental insurance
88. having enough money in the bank to pay for my gas-buying habits
89. borrowed tools from neighbors
90. grand plans
91. community that greets you with open arms
92. new friends from sacred places
93. dead dreams that show when God breathed life back into your heart
94. lovely lovers celebrating love (after hearing of two engagements in 24 hours, i’m all for celebrating love!)
95. fresh words spilling across the page, an act of God
96. sunsets of dreams and sunrises of new ones
97. pictures and letters from far, far away
98. skype-dates
99. cold watermelon, juice dripping, on a hot May day
100. the ability to live life fully, abundantly, and unabashedly
