Exactly where we're from

I suppose thanksgiving, on top of being about eating crazy amounts of food, is about being thankful. Here are some things I am thankful for.

Family
Friends
my home
exploring
travel
the Camino
my cat (some days)
learning new things
curiosity
climbing and building and roaming
bicycles
music
sunshine
rain
laugher

I am thankful for the fact that I have friends covering the world that would put me up at a moments notice, that let me call them, email them, chat with them, that mostly always respond (sometimes promptly) that give me reasons to write and laugh and decompress. For the fact that I am lucky enough to have a family that allows me all the same things, that I am always happy to see, that call and listen and allow me to complain when it is necessary.

I am thankful that I have all that I do, that I have a warm, comfortable apartment (regardless of its location) that I have food and music and the luxury of time and money to explore.

I am thankful. And occasionally filled with contentment and patience. I am occasionally filled with joy. And once in awhile recounting those things is probably good for me.