I cannot remember who suggested it first, back when our tribe connected on another social network, but the idea of Thankful Thursdays has stuck with me. The idea is that once a week, on a Thursday, we’d think about the things we’re grateful for in our lives. And then we’d post that for everyone to see. We didn’t do it every week, and it was likely once every month or so for each of us. It was a voluntary acknowledgement of what we were celebrating that week, something like this:

Thankful Thursday

The top 15 things I am grateful for this week

1. being more in love with my spice/spouse every day
2. friends who live around the world, and keep in touch by various means
3. family who support each other, and who are demonstrative, affectionate, eccentric and opinionated
4. that my sense of curiosity and wonder appears to be intact
5. our wonderful kitties, Tempus Fugit and Morpheus
6. a terrific house, with interesting objects and art everywhere I look
7. flexibility – having a body and brain that are bendy
8. the thousands of books that share our home
9. my tribes, communities, extended family and kin
10. having a great job where I can play with different ideas every week
11. always having a plan b –  being prepared
12. embracing happiness and writing about it
13. making art, making love
14. abandoning certainty
15. knowing I am loved and cherished

Try your own list. Make it some random number of things like 3, 5, 7, 10 or some number that is personally meaningful. Go on. You know you want to.

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