11/28/02, 10:25 pm – Giving thanks
Happy thanksgiving, America! I love that as dysfunctional as our society can be, we have enough sense of humor and cheer to all take a day off and gorge ourselves with delicious food.
I appreciate being alive.
I appreciate my health, and that I’m recovered from the foot injury that had me on crtuches this time last year.
I appreciate having a fun job in an economy where that feels like a luxury.
I appreciate my friends, who are busy planning everything from road trips to weddings to backpacking adventures to volleyball victories to interior decorating and more.
I appreciate my family, which is extraordinarily loving, affectionate and easygoing.
I appreciate my girlfriend, with whom I fall in love each day.
I appreciate coming home to a stock I own doing this, though I suspect it’s too good to be true. I’ll find out tomorrow.
I appreciate music, the listening and the playing and the beauty and joy it brings.
I appreciate volleyball, for being a game within which I can challenge myself and let the addictive parts of personality flow relatively harmlessly.
I appreciate the developers who created the free and inexpensive software which I use every day to be creative.
I appreciate the year since last Thanksgiving, for bringing more perspective and more joy to my life than I could have guessed.
If you’re reading this, take a second to add a comment and tell me one thing you appreciate. Happy Thanksgiving!
I appreciate all those things you said too (substitute my girlfriend for your’n, and possibly excepting the stock thing (can i borrow $10?), and add the Roo.
November 29th, 2002 at 10:48 am
what a great list of things that bring joy and that we hardly ever give thanks for. i would like to add that i am grateful for the infinity of information available on the Internet. it is a way to connect to others, get info, and have fun!
November 29th, 2002 at 3:45 pm
Luke,
As usual I appreciate you.
And I appreciate the tough stuff – including the challenges of the business world, the effing terrorists, the viscissitudes (sp) of relationship, etc.
I appreciate the easy stuff – stuff that just comes your way – from Good Friends – the rare few that you can Trust
I appreciate good Herbal Medicine (wink, wink) and good wine, fermented hops and barley, and an occasional shot of Tres Generaciones.
I appreciate the rest of my kids (your family) and especially feel blessed to have them in my life .. . . …
December 2nd, 2002 at 6:46 pm
Luke, i love you so much. I am grateful for your wonderful website. It’s so nice to know what’s going on in your life. I’m also grateful for family, especially around the holidays …
December 9th, 2002 at 6:59 pm
i know this one is coming in late, but i appreciate the fact that luke is out there living life the way he does. keep smiling, luke because eventually it ends up rubbing off on the rest of us.
December 11th, 2002 at 5:31 pm