Tag Archives: gratitude

brim.

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on new year’s eve

i was reminded

that life

is at least half full

and often at the brim. 

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“life’s enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.”

-lord byron

peace for today.

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credit: melodie beattie

enough.

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on this day of thanksgiving, i am grateful for having enough.

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“enough is as good as a feast.”

-joshua sylvester

 

 

 

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credit: beautiful feast created by the kinder

deeply.

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“that we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,

that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.”

-john berger

 

 

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anna scripps whitcomb conservatory, belle isle, detroit, michigan

we love nature.

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kinder frame the natural beauty found around them

“if you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

-laura ingalls wilder

connected.

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grateful to have had my 2nd vax dose

knowing it’s not just to keep me well

but to give all who i may cross paths with

a better chance to stay well too. 

 

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“healing yourself is connected with healing others.”

-yoko ono

book fairies.

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how sweet to find this book 

 sitting outside on the window ledge of a downtown store  

on a sunny saturday

just waiting for someone

to pick it up and take it home to read. 

gratitude to the book fairies.

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“books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. books are humanity in print.”

-barbara w. tuchman

on thanksgiving.

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“i am thankful for every moment.”

-al green

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image credit: napkin party

there will be bands and dancing.

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dear ann arbor family –

see you in the fall

there will be bands & dancing as we reunite eventually. 

thank you, roos roost coffee. 

i really appreciate you

for filling us with coffee and optimism.

 

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“joy weathers any storm: happiness rides the waves.”

-todd stocker

lucky.

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may you each find your own piece of luck today.

 

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“you gotta try your luck at least once a day,

because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.”

-jimmy dean