Thank you

I am so grateful

Journal: 4 November, 2024, morning.

I am so grateful for love.

Thank you, those of you who—without reservation or qualifiers—simply love. Thank you for loving me.

I am grateful down to my toes for those of you who are kind to me, who reach out in kindness, who may not agree with me always but who always try to recognize and celebrate my humanity, who remember that I am a living, breathing person, one with a tender heart who has hopes and fears and worried moments and concerns. Just like you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For that kindness.

I’m so grateful for those of you who don’t shun me and condemn me because of our differences.

Thank you for being my friend. Still.

I’m so grateful to those of you who love the small creatures we share our world with, the ones mistreated and abandoned. You are ministering angels. Truly.

Thank you for loving and caring for those desperately needing that care.

I’m so grateful for those of you who refuse to stop shining hope and cheerfulness and optimism out into the world, like fierce lighthouses, lighting up and lightening up everything. You are lifesavers.

Thank you for rescuing me from despair, from that “little death.”

I’m so grateful to those of you who passionately believe in one community where we all belong, where we all are welcomed, where we all find a resting place, a home.

Thank you for allowing me to abide in that community, that home.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. For all of this. For believing in the power of love. For believing love matters. For speaking love. For being love in the world. For making everything better.

Thank you.

#journalingalife