Giving Thanks for Simple Things that Mean So Much.
From The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
Older now, you find holiness
in anything that continues.
--Naomi Shihab Nye
...I am standing in a gentle rain, each drop a whisper of simple things...
Thursday 24th
Simple things like sharing a meal with my family...
Today was Thanksgiving. Mir and I had already kind of made arrangements to use Skype to chat so that we could share the our Thanksgiving meal. So after work I went to the supermarket and bought myself some turkey franks, so that I could have turkey with my pasta and vegetables, and when it came round to dinner time, I had my computer and webcam pointed at me where I was eating, and Mir put the computer in 'my' space at the table so that I could eat with her and her mother. It was an experience that touched me greatly... to be able to do that - such a very simple thing, and yet so moving. I'm so glad we did that.
It was such an expression of love and togetherness... a time spent together while still apart, and yes, we do this kind of thing often, sharing things through Skype, but somehow, doing this with Thanksgiving was something deeper, stronger...
I'm very thankful for my wonderful husband and being able to be together this way, for the love we have and the things we share both on and off like. I'm thankful for the strength and support that my guy gives to me, and for the family we are a part of; for the love of our little ratties, and for the great and caring vet that helps us when they need that kind of care. I'm thankful for the job I have - now that I'm beginning to settle, and for the opportunities it affords me. I'm thankful for the friends, old and the also the new ones I've made, and I'm thankful for the watchful, guiding presence of Old Ones, my guards and my guides.
Older now, you find holiness
in anything that continues.
--Naomi Shihab Nye
...I am standing in a gentle rain, each drop a whisper of simple things...
Thursday 24th
Simple things like sharing a meal with my family...
Today was Thanksgiving. Mir and I had already kind of made arrangements to use Skype to chat so that we could share the our Thanksgiving meal. So after work I went to the supermarket and bought myself some turkey franks, so that I could have turkey with my pasta and vegetables, and when it came round to dinner time, I had my computer and webcam pointed at me where I was eating, and Mir put the computer in 'my' space at the table so that I could eat with her and her mother. It was an experience that touched me greatly... to be able to do that - such a very simple thing, and yet so moving. I'm so glad we did that.
It was such an expression of love and togetherness... a time spent together while still apart, and yes, we do this kind of thing often, sharing things through Skype, but somehow, doing this with Thanksgiving was something deeper, stronger...
I'm very thankful for my wonderful husband and being able to be together this way, for the love we have and the things we share both on and off like. I'm thankful for the strength and support that my guy gives to me, and for the family we are a part of; for the love of our little ratties, and for the great and caring vet that helps us when they need that kind of care. I'm thankful for the job I have - now that I'm beginning to settle, and for the opportunities it affords me. I'm thankful for the friends, old and the also the new ones I've made, and I'm thankful for the watchful, guiding presence of Old Ones, my guards and my guides.