I am grateful :
that I'm not located anywhere near a warzone
that I have nearly 100% control of what happens under my roof and have made it into a serene forest of beauty
for strawberry tea -- delicious!
for friendships that are mutually supportive and validating and make me feel appreciated
for the plants I nursed back to life
for having survived every single one of life's challenges so far
for my mind, stubbornly undefeatable thing that it is
for the super bright realistic glow in the dark galaxies that are about to exist on my ceiling to dream under !
for dreams
for growth
for food, water, air...
for sunny days
for music and art
for vision and color and sound and texture and taste and smell
for skin
for new socks without holes in them
for books
for good childhood memories and travel memories
for hope
for a place to let my fingers fly across keys whenever I want to express thoughts in a safe place without (hopefully) harming or triggering anyone
for candy
for voluntary humanitarianism
for tree rings that resemble fingerprints and leaf fractals that resemble veins and rivers, for equinoxes and moon phases and tides and shooting stars and butterflies who miraculously know to migrate after four generations
for being alive, in a dynamic and constantly changing world that is never boring and continuously forces me to grow
for having no fucking clue why we're here but that's part of the mystery of it all.
1:25 p.m. - 2022-02-27