There are lots of things that we as human beings don’t like… fear, pain, uncertainty, instability. And these can all certainly be awful things. But they can also be important things. Pain protects us from further injury, fear can call up the ability to fight or fly, uncertainty means that there are possibilities, and instability means that we are still standing even if tettering on a balance.  So today I am grateful for my fears, pains, uncertainties, and instabilities that all remind me that I am still working, still living, still experiencing. I am still on an adventure and for that, I am truly grateful.

I am grateful for the people who inspire me, who humble me, who move me, who touch my soul, who break my heart, who lift my spirit, who change me by just being themselves. I am grateful for people who live, love, think, work, play, dream, aspire, create, build. I am grateful for people who refuse to be silent when words are necessary, who refuse to fill a void with nonsense and rambling, whose words create truth and beauty, whose silence is filled with meaning.