The opposite day, I used to be mendacity on my couch watching The Sopranos, as one does.
Within the episode, Tony appeared over at a hospital bulletin board to see…
…this quote on a notecard: “Typically I’m going about in pity for myself, and all of the whereas, an important wind carries me throughout the sky.” At first, Tony feels thrown — who put the cardboard there and why? — but it surely impacts him sufficient that he says a garbled model to pals and relations many instances afterward.
As the vacations method, I’ve been enthusiastic about the saying and sentiment. What has been exhausting in your life recently, and what has carried you? What small or massive issues are you grateful for? I’d love to listen to.
I’m grateful for the skilled photographer at Dave & Busters, who snapped this cute photograph of my youngsters.
I’m grateful for WhatsApp as a option to keep in shut contact with our family members in England, particularly throughout instances of sickness and loss.
I felt enormously fortunate to have seen Cole Escola’s electrical efficiency of their darkish comedy play, Oh, Mary! They’re a revelation, a genius, a firework!
We’re, after all, grateful for household, in addition to pals who really feel like household. As with anybody, there’s loads that goes on behind the scenes, and it’s superb to have a reciprocal help system.
And, final however by no means least, this lovely neighborhood of good, humorous, considerate folks — we’ve been by a lot collectively over the previous 18 years! I actually hope you might be doing nicely; thanks a lot for being right here. xoxo
Now, please inform me yours! What is difficult today? What helps carry you? What are you grateful for?
P.S. The life lesson I discovered at my grandmother’s funeral, and happiness vs. wholeness.