I am grateful for friends who willingly do stupid stuff with me.
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I am grateful that the Universe loves me and wants me to be happy. And that the Universe loves you and wants you to be happy, too.
I am grateful for the rainbow-colored smoke, confetti, and cheers that erupted in Melbourne… because Australia voted “YES” in favor of same-sex marriage.
The results of a two-month national postal survey, in which 79.5% of the population participated (damn, rock the vote!), came out with 61.6% in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.
It’s a non-binding postal survey, so now it is in the hands of the Parliament of Australia to ratify marriage equality into law.
Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said, “They voted ‘yes’ for fairness, they voted ‘yes’ for commitment, they voted ‘yes’ for love.”
They voted for equal protection under the law, which stands as a vote against hateful rhetoric and against a system that relegates same-sex relationships as less than.
I am grateful for yet another reason to love Steph Curry.
“Let’s use our platforms, and take this day, to talk about how we can be louder than all of this silence — and quieter than all of this noise.”
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/stephen-curry-veterans-day/
Day 12: I am grateful for people who stick around even when that stick is difficult. None of us are easy to love wholeheartedly all of the time. We hurt those we love, they hurt us. This truth is love’s incongruity, her cruelest piece―by design the ones we love are most heavily armed to cause the most damage. I suppose that is the price we pay for meaningful, beyond-surface, authentic human connection.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi
“Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love. ” – Unknown
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie the Pooh
“To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. ” – Albus Dumbledore
“But God hath promised strength for the day―Rest for the labor, light for the way―Grace for the trials, help from above―Unfailing sympathy, undying love. ” – Annie Johnson Flint
… strength for the journey, love & light for the way.
Day 11: I am grateful for a Facebook “Memory” from 6 years ago.
The Wish I shared on November 11, 2011:
My 11/11/11 @ 11:11 Wish/Prayer/Meditation:
When a loved one passes away, it can leave us and our family feeling less than whole, even for many years after the loss. It is my Hope/Wish that this Holiday season families and individuals who have lost loved ones can begin to feel whole again, begin to feel somewhat healed, and to share smiles from warm memories in places of tears. Light & Love, 11/11/11.
Day 10: I am grateful for this evening – and chill.
Day 9: I am grateful for the freaks, the weirdos, the people who do it their own way. I see you; I celebrate you.
You can find me standing on the corner of Billie Joe ideology and Robert Frost canonism.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”– Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
“A guy walks up to me and asks “What’s Punk?”
So I kick over a garbage can and say “That’s Punk!”
So he kicks over a garbage can and says “That’s Punk?” and I say “No, that’s trendy!”
– Billie Joe Armstrong, Rock God
Day 8: I am grateful for this new level of crazy cat lady.
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
Day 7: I am grateful for 1,404,941 Virginian voters. And all those who voted blue today.
May kindness, compassion, and progressivism Bless America.