Today, I realized that my cheeks are really, really cold! Time to put the hood up over my head. I am looking out at the snows and though there were some flurries today, there is some sun shining through the trees, illuminating the stellar trunks of the stalwart trees. I find comfort in the fact that only the smaller branches are catching a bit of the wind and swaying ever so slightly. Those trees are going nowhere. They have stood erect for decades and have weathered all of the years' previous storms.
A few weeks ago, I made and froze a bean and wild rice soup, chock full of lovely veges like kale. There is something very satisfying about consuming food that is heartily packed with nutrition. I feel hale just from eating it! Not to mention, it warms my soul.
Today, I am glad for inner warmth. Especially since my cheeks are so cold! (Did I mention this already?) I have lost twelve pounds in the last six weeks. Not an alarming rate of weight loss, but somehow, there is still enough fat to keep me warmer. (Yes. The cheeks are still fat! I have no idea if I will ever slim my face.) So I am glad for warm soup. I am glad for comfort of friends. I am grateful for the opportunity to have and use electricity to tap out these musings. I am ever so thankful that although a very bad flu waylaid me for ten days, I still have breath, albeit with some annoying coughs, but I live another day to do good in this world.
Herein is contentment. My life has purpose. If I can bless others around me, if I can work heartily, be productive and encourage others around me, it has been a good day.
Thankful for good days.
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