Thanks

Gratitude is hard to cultivate. I'm glad we have a holiday devoted to it. It would be nice to have more of these:

January 30, Calmwaits.
With a month of winter left, you take the day to express your patience with cold, dead spots in life.

Second Friday in July , Kindmakings Day (observed).
Forget "random acts of kindness" crap. This is a day when you put up decorations, plan surprises, give gifts, and work intentionally on being kind to people around you, especially people who you conventionally disregard like waiters, postal workers, and grocery store checkout people.

August 22, Gentlewords.
A day where you resolve to make gentleness more important than your expectations, particularly toward yourself.


And hey, thanks for reading.