1. grateful for texts with woman friends filled with pure love. conversations with women have become more intimate and deep and loving lately. i'm grateful i've stayed in touch with a handful of very smart intense wise funny deep soulful women. when i was young i sometimes felt shyer around girls than boys because they seemed so intimidatingly divine on all levels. i still feel slightly this way, only now i've formed long term bonds, which feels like a great achievement, because a woman's love is earned. a heart to heart with a woman who has known you through thick and thin is a priceless gift and an honor. after these compassionate exchanges i feel uplifted, understood, and sincerely loved for who i am on the inside. these female friendships, even distant ones, feel mutually beneficial, and downright magical. that's the real romance i think.
2. grateful for green tea.
3. grateful i was raised by horticulturists. i feel so fortunate that the only religion of my parents was NATURE. connection with nature and animals feels as normal to me as breathing. i was permitted to roam freely in acres of wild terrain and taught values that i still find agreeable. i didn't need to wait for an epiphany in adulthood or rebel against religious dogma because my parents were not strict. this is one thing my parents did very right. i was taught to flow with the seasons rather than fight against nature, inside and out. i was raised to honor my intuition and trust myself and be aware of my emotions. these are big gifts that have helped me weather the storms of life. i hope these qualities ooze out of my spirit, an aura of old shady oak trees and spring flowers and the sea and thunder and mountains and deer. if people really feel my core self, this is what i hope they see.
- 2023-02-05