I'm grateful I got to saunter through the woods this week and have a little picnic. I'm grateful I have a friend who is reminding me of things I said I wanted to do and who is willing to accompany me without me reminding her. Plus she's a cool friend so I'm grateful for her existence in general.
I'm grateful for the people who seem to appreciate me. Sometimes I feel like an introvert who everyone is digging their nails in as if I'm some kind of messiah for them but that's really not the best way to look at it. A better way to see it is that I am appreciated and needed and likeable. I don't necessarily need to give anything, except to be myself. All most people really need is an acknowledgment of their existence. A simple hello is often enough. I don't need to feel drained by interactions that can just as easily be seen as pleasant. After all, I like them too.
I'm grateful that I received validation recently in the form of a friend understanding why I cut off a toxic person a couple years ago. She eventually had the same experience as I did with the same person, and cut the person off too, albeit a couple years late. Validation of this sort has happened more frequently in the past couple years.
I also got a few delayed but genuine apologies from different people this year who said things along the lines of "you were right" or validated various experiences that were not previously understood. Not that I needed any of that, but I'm grateful for the feeling of being understood and validated by people who matter because that can be hard to come by in life. They could have just as easily said nothing. Putting their egos aside to apologize was a nice gesture, and appreciated. It mended some things in me.
Also grateful for morning coffee and for my beautiful city that I've recently fallen in love with again. Grateful for food and new clothes and having all my basic needs met. May everyone have their needs met too.
8:44 a.m. - 2020-01-22