I went to scrape the frost off the windshield, and encountered this magical world. I was so entranced, I was five minutes late for a meeting! I could have looked at it and thought “Grrr… frost. I’m cold and I wish I didn’t have to scrape the windshield.” But the beauty was so stunning that instead I forgot about being cold, and enjoyed looking at all the detail and variety, before finally reluctantly scraping it off and going on my way.

Today I am grateful for new warm shoes for cold weather.

From the Prayers of the People

Today I am grateful for having all I need to face the coming winter with comfort and not worry.

From the Prayers of the People

Today I am grateful for my fingers. It first occurred to me when I was able to open a small plastic box in mid-air with my non-dominant hand, and I thought “How remarkable that I could do that!” From there I started thinking about all the other things I can do with my hands. Simple things like buttoning buttons to more complicated things like knitting. I can tie my shoes and braid my hair. I can count up to 144 on my fingers. (ask me if you want to learn how.) I can pick up a pen or sit down at a keyboard and words that are in my head appear on the page or screen where other people can read them. All of these things are amazingly complex, if you think about them; the communication )largely invisible to me) that takes place between my brain and all the little nerves and muscles that have to work together to do even the simplest of them. I have an art studio full of tools, but there are many things that can really only be done with the best tool of all; my fingers.

Today I am grateful for snow tires.