The Challenge: Every day for the month of November, find something to be grateful for during the day, particularly during moments I might otherwise normally grumble about. It doesn’t have to be a novel or daily memoir, just a sentence or two will suffice.
Day One: To have Mimi boarded at a place that provides excellent care and a good lifestyle for her, even during my own phases of riding-lite. The kind of care and turnout she gets allows me to feel not too guilty about the times when I don’t make it down as often as I should.
Day Two: Customers calling in with questions and orders = job security.
Day Three: Easy access to the dirt-surface canal paths for walking/running/taking the dogs out means I’m not relegated to sidewalks and neighborhood streets.
Day Four: Rainy morning really makes it feel like a proper fall day.
Day Five: Friends that help encourage, guide, and support me.
Day Six: Funky exercise apparel that makes me smile. Sometimes it really is the little things in life.
Day Seven: A really good relationship with my parents, the fact we see eye-to-eye on so much of life, and that we all enjoy each other’s company. A quick “pop my head into the office with a brief comment on something horse-related” turned into a lose-track-of-time, highly entertaining regaling of all kinds of horse tales, future plans, and lots of laughter.
Go Pony • Go the Distance 
what a nice idea, the daily things we’re thankful for, the things that are easy to forget because we’re surrounded by them all the time. Waiting for the next installment…
I echo irishhorse in the Great Idea sentiment. It’s been a lot of dark news around me lately and makes me reflect on what I’m grateful for, for sure.
Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that. There’s been some days where this exercise has been a real stretch for me.