This morning I sat down at my laptop, full of bitterness and frustration, to write an angry email to a guy. And there in my inbox was an email titled "Grateful" with the date next to it, from my lovely friend Dragica. It was a list of the 10 things she's grateful for today. She writes these lists every morning. She sends them to me every once in a while, when I'm listed in them. I decided that was a much better email to write.
So, I'm going to write these every morning now too. I won't send them to all of you every day. I'll send them to the people who want to see them, the people who are included in the list, people I'm missing ... really, I'm making up these guidelines as I go. Basically, don't worry about me flooding you with these. It's a quiet exercise that you'll only hear from me on occasionally. (Except you Mum and Dad and Judy, you're getting one every day, because you're my parents and I can impose on you like that.)
Love,
Shanna
1. I am grateful for my lovely friend Dragica who inspired this exercise. 2. I am grateful for French Roast morning coffee 3. I am grateful for a warm apartment in a cold city 4. I am grateful for the amazing Krysty Swann who I had dinner with last night, and is taking the opera world by storm
5. I am grateful for Cuban music and Cuban people who dance in restaurants 6. I am grateful for how good music swings my hips move before my my mind tells them to move 7. I am grateful for my ability to love and take chances, and then do it all over again and again
8. I am grateful for my little cat, who is troublesome this morning, but can be sweet when he wants 9. I am grateful for crazy out-of-town visitors who send you lovely little texts to remind you that they're coming
10. I am grateful for waiters who will charge your cell phone, and waiters who will bring you free hot s'mores