this morning i spontaneously wrote an email to a friend. i was writing away on what was important for me to share with her at that moment, because i missed her so much the past days. it was a message from the heart, expressing what came out of it there and then. it ended in a long paragraph about the things that i am grateful for. there are so many things in my here and now that i am grateful for. so many many things that any list would not be exhaustive by any means. this is the state of bliss and by naming the things i am grateful for again and again i recreate the state of bliss for myself and others, again and again.

this early afternoon, my list of things i am grateful for is similar and different from the one this morning. life went on. anicca.

i am grateful for the people in my life near and far who are carrying me here and now, just because i know and feel that they share this planet earth with me at the same time i am typing this. i am grateful for the technologies - email, skype, blogs, snail mail, and phones - that let me be connected with the ones i love and care about. i am grateful for working on projects that inspire me, that feel important to me. i am grateful for working on the issues that i truly care about, my work being the dream job that sustains me every day by paying food and rent. i am grateful to the boss, who supports me beyond work with sincere dedication, who has become a dear friend. i am grateful to my team - each one of them an inspiring soul of genius, wit, potential and true commitment to the causes that matter to us. i am grateful to be part of such creative force. i am grateful to my PhD supervisor who pushes me to think harder and work more. i am grateful for having returned to university and for being given the opportunity to learn and be supported for free and on many different levels. i am grateful to my roommates with whom we have started to create a new home we like to return to at the end of the day. i am grateful for our Sunday night dinners and the time we share. i am grateful for the sunrise this morning that accompanied my making breakfast. i am grateful for the sunshine yesterday afternoon that cast my shadow across the meadow, while i was grateful for living so close to the fields and pastures. 

i am grateful for the sweet things in my life that i do not choose to write about here. i am grateful for the silly things in my life that irritate me all of a sudden, showing me the path i feel determined to follow. i am grateful for the blue things in my life - some thoughts, my eyes, the sky. 

i am grateful for the words that slip my tongue and fingers and allow me to express what i am thankful for.

What are YOU grateful for 
right here and now?