Gratitude

Since I joined the "I am Grateful" group, I thought I'd share the first entry from my gratitude journal.  Random, but sometimes, it's all about the lil' things....

21 May

I'm grateful for the chance to experience this harsh desert.  The Relentless sun.  To feel the heat simmering up from our endless streams of concrete to know:  this is our doing.  Without escape or denial.  With Air conditioned escapes and the cool mountain air to tell ourselves otherwise.  This is how we are choosing to shape our earth.  Open your eyes.

It's beautiful to learn the desert.  Her Rocks, her Earthy Clay, the Plants that thrive in arid spaces; Colors that persist amidst the dust.  In some months I'll learn the monsoons.  How the sky opens here.

Grateful for Sundays.  For my love next to me, my hand in his.  For afternoon Strawberry milkshakes.  For the shade of trees.

For ceiling fans and fluffy pillows. 

For alarm clocks to remind me to  Begin.

Grateful for both the promise and the challenge within Faith.

Thank you.