.. Must come to an end. Isn’t that what the saying is? If so, then it is the worst saying ever. I believe good things are endless; and although I have let the finish of my month of gratitude fizzle out, it has nothing to do with a lack of good things.
Sometimes it means I am exhausted from all the good things in a day. Sometimes I have no adequate words to express my gratitude and sometimes there are so many words they just get jumbled up in my happy brain.
Yet here we are on the last day of my #9 Good Things prompt for myself for the month of November. As usual, I have to choose between many magical moments to end up with nine and that is the great news.
My prayer and hope is that this holiday season brings everyone more good moments than they have the words to express, that their joy is beyond measure and that we all push the pause button on frantic shopping and worry for the world’s condition long enough to embrace these moments. Only when good things are acknowledged do they make a difference.
A perfectly gorgeous day to hike, breathe the air and be one with Nature
A very special treat. 😱
Spending an afternoon with friends for tea
Meeting their newest addition
(Who happens to love sitting in the Christmas tree. ðŸ¤)
Getting an oven that bakes my favorite pizza recipe!
Uh huh..
Having a surprise video chat with my little bug and his Dad
Add a video call with Number 2 son and his twins that turned 8 today! 🤗
Helping the tiniest moth find its way outside.
So I wave goodbye to November’s good things and turn to December with high hopes and great expectation. I just know good things await us all.
Today’s post will be a two-fer. It is Thursday and once again I have the chance to (finally) participate in the Thursday Doors prompt hosted by my good friend Dan Antion . You should follow the link to his blog and enjoy his latest doorscursion contribution. You can also find links to other great blogs with doors posts there!
Part two of my post is the continuation of my own November prompt of #9 Good Things which is my way of expressing gratitude for the gifts we enjoy each day, large and small.
As it happens, this week is a time of celebration here in Panama, with several days marking big events for the country. Yesterday was Panama’s National Independence Day celebration, honoring the establishment of The Republic of Panama in 1903 when it separated from Colombia.
Today is National Flag Day. Panama’s flag was designed by Maria de la Ossa de Amador and officially adopted in 1925.
Flag of Panama
Tomorrow is Colon Day, honoring the day that the citizens of Colon helped avert a march on Panama City by Columbia in 1903. It is the third day of the Independence ‘triple crown’ celebration of freedom for this beautiful country.
It seems there is a lot of gratitude flowing here this week and a lot of celebration. What follows is my today List of 9 Good Things, starting with my Thursday Doors submission.
1) This door is a magical portal that delivers all of the packages we get from home. Many people depend on this service. There are several in town but we are happy with ServiTech. If you could peek inside, you might confuse it with an Amazon warehouse. 🤠On delivery days the packages are stacked outside to the rooftop!
2) You have to love the opportunist! Making an entrance anyway it can.
3) This is my favorite tree here. It is an angel trumpet, a member of the nightshade family. It’s flowers can be poisonous and fatal if ingested but many have used them for the hallucinogenic properties they have.
Hint: DON’T do IT!
3) Morning dew on dainty blooms makes me smile
4) Hot green tea on a brisk morning
5) Bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich with a side of fruit. Love those little zingy sprouts on top!
6) Tripped down memory lane seeing this public pay phone. Yeah, it works!
7) Our favorite taxi driver’s truck. Gonzalo is the best, always available and on time. Taxis run the moving world around here, even though a lot of folks have vehicles.
(We don’t 😉)
8) I had a treat today! A mani-pedi. 😜 First time in I don’t know how long. She came to the house and was so sweet and great at what she does. A little self pampering goes a long way, not to mention the wonderful conversation we had.
9) A new little shelf from my friend to get another space organized and a bit more ‘homey’.
Well, this a wrap. I hope everyone has enjoyed a lot of good things in their day. If you haven’t already, take a closer look at them. You’ll be surprised what a difference it can make. Until tomorrow…
I think the saddest part of this pandemic moment in our history is that it is all consuming, then add to it the fact that we are now being ‘ruled’ by a leadership which does not lead at all but is rather dragging those of us who still have morals and a conscience to slaughter on a hook, and things look grim. The ones who have decided to drink the kool aid are marching to Frankenstein’s castle with torches held high, ready for destroying the terrifying enemy, whatever the ruthless leader decides that is.
But today was set aside as a special day, to celebrate Mother Earth and bring awareness to conserving her beauty, resources and gifts. I saw nothing of this celebration in the news. It was only on social media by the same people who are fighting the insidious movement to disband all measures which have been put into place to try and preserve the very creation which sustains our lives here. Do these greedy men think their money is going to save them or are they so fearful of the truth that they can’t imagine the dire consequences of what will happen to the human race if we don’t effect a change now.
I cannot fathom a world without these things....
My grandson was born on Earth Day. Today he celebrated another year of life on this planet. He is proud to be an ‘Earth Child’, and even at his young age understands about preservation and sustaining life. I got to share a few minutes by video with him. They were due to come visit us next month but it can’t happen now due to the virus. But we are happy for technology at this time. We cannot allow ourselves to be so focused on the issue of this challenging virus that we ignore the methodical dismantling of all the measures that have been put into place in recent years to ensure our children and their children have a world to grow old with.
Can you look at this face and say, “I don’t care what you might need as long as I get to keep my money safely in my own bank account until I die.” ?
Happy Birthday Earth Child. Never give up working towards what is best for the good of everyone.
I have mindful, intelligent children and grandchildren who deserve the best this life has to offer. Seeing the wonder on a child’s face is the most magical moment I can imagine.
We had a Space X launch today. My birthday boy actually got to see it by video in one of those serendipitous moments I love...
Mother Earth is still here and she will remain. It is we who tread with dishonor upon her face that are in danger of extinction.
Would be more appropriate than the prompt given to us today by our wonderful host Linda Hilll.
Today’s prompt was Beside you, looking right beside you for what you will write about. Click on the link to visit her blog, read the rules, and meet other great writers too.
When I saw the prompt this morning I was up before the sun, attempting yet again to apply for unemployment assistance. I have been trying for several days, quite unsuccessfully to finalize the process. The system is, understandably, overloaded, leading to restarts, reboots, glitches and dead-ends. Big sigh....
Piles and notes and all the details I can muster cannot make the impossible happen. Supposedly they are updating the system tomorrow and I will try again..and again..and again, because we can’t give up. Our lives depend upon our resilience, our fortitude and our patience.
We must be thankful for those tangible things we are blessed with like a home, food, family that is still healthy, the sun rising to greet us for yet another day. The prompt brought to mind a song-a song from a movie that I loved so long ago. So I decided to pull it from the case and watch it. It was remarkable how easily I found it, which tells me there are those who are no longer here in this physical life who are reminding me that I, that we, are never alone. This may seem like a nightmare but we are the dreamers and we can make the changes we need to return to a beautiful vision.
I hope you are well, have all that you need and take time to just breathe...
What is beside you now? Who is beside you all the way?
Tell them how thankful you are and how very much they mean to you.
