Monday, November 5, 2012

Day 5 of 30 Thankful Days

Day 5: I am grateful to live in California (where it was a balmy 76 degrees today).

In detail:

As I was driving to work today, sitting in traffic, I happened to look up and actually SEE how beautiful the world around me is.  I feel very privileged to live in an area where on my morning commute I can pass more species of trees than I can name, in a variety of stages (fall colors, bright green, I've even seen some blossoming at odd times of the year).  
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I'm also grateful to live in an area where I can get to the ocean, hills, mountains, lakes, forests and major cities within a couple of hours.

I'll admit a certain amount of envy and wonder at the sheer age and weight of history in Europe.  But I also value the newer, rawer history I can find here.  And I love even more that I know my family has a piece of it.

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