All my arms and legs

Yesterday, I was out walking my dog. I've been in a lot of pain. I was thinking, there must be something I am grateful for today. Something? Anything? It came to me.

1. I have all my arms and legs
2. They are long and lean and that is aesthetically pleasing and preferred in our current society
3. Like me, they are capable of great strength, great tenderness and general everyday abilities.

They have been injured very badly this year, twice, doing things that I love and make me happy. They caused a lot of pain and fear but they have healed, just like my heart soon will be.

Thank you, I have all my arms and legs.

Fade into gratitude

I am grateful for all those times alone in the dark dark night, when I am free. Free to cry, and laugh, and smile at the universe, and offer up my voice as a gift of gratitude that I am free to be me. Even if I am alone, I am always me.

Little talks

Today, I am grateful for almost-rhymes and catchy tunes with uplifting horn sections Once, I used to love you, and a song that reminded me of a place called home, inside your arms. Until you took the house and carried it away to house a more deserving wanderer than I. Now that song just gives me the shits and reminds me how I hate your face. Lucky there is this song which is even happier and better without you! Plus the lyrics are less cheesy and I don't have to sing your name. Trickier to memorise, though. Life is great! So grateful, time.

Neil Gaiman's Inspiring Commencement Speech

My favourite writer encourages us to make good art.

Dogs, and OK Go

Every time I see a new one of their videos I think, ah, now that's my new favourite. The treadmills were enough amazing for a lifetime, but they still keep outdoing themselves. The outtakes also prove that if it's worth doing, it's worth doing it wrong once or twice then better a million times over, just like my martial arts instructor told me.

Grateful for colour

and OKGo too

Worldwide wonderful

So so glad that the intertubes was invented, and brings us communications from around the world. So so glad that motion picture cameras and sound recording technology exists, and captures moments and notions that would otherwise be difficult to share everywhere. So so glad that human beings can harbour such talent and bring us such inspiration to others, just by being awesome and letting it flow out there. So so glad that I'm in my jarmies near a heater, thinking all these tiny thoughts in such a giant world. Also, thank goodness that such talented spirits can also have a cheeky sense of humour and make me laugh with shared fun instead of cry with envy!