Thanks for Showing Up!

Dona Anderson

 

Gratitude from the Heart 

 

Appreciate all the seen and unseen things around you!

 

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson

Thanks for Showing Up!

You know the ones - there are so many!

It’s that time of year when we start thinking about the upcoming holidays, being thankful, giving, celebrating, and taking some special moments for reflection. 

So I thought I’d send out my thanks to all those who show up every day to support our lives and help keep us healthy and safe.  Some work through both the good and bad times like police, military, firefighters, ambulances and hospitals.

Some go out in storms to plow roads, tow us, restore services, do search and rescue, and don’t forget about those who provide the food to feed us.  There are those who keep the stores, schools, services, businesses, and cities running, safe, and clean.  There are those who care for and nurture us, those that teach, build, fix, create, transport, entertain, inform and inspire us, and those who explore our world to change the future or help us learn from the past.

I am grateful to all those who show up, help out, and do their jobs the best they can each day. Everyday there is so much happening that we sometimes don’t notice what all goes into making our days and lives run smoothly, and only notice what went wrong. 

Each of us will have our own special list of individuals to thank, and thinking back I will always remember how someone was there to help ...

like in 1969 when we needed oil for our furnace on a very cold Christmas morning in Saskatchewan, 

when our house burned down on Good Friday in 1970, 

when we were stopped on the Coquihalla highway for 8 hours in a snow storm, 

when I needed an ambulance, the times we needed a vet, 

when the dental assistant held my hand again and again, 

and making it through all those crazy days at work.

I want to sincerely thank those who showed up at work or an event after some kind of crisis in their own lives.  We often don’t know what someone just went through before they were there for us that day.

I’d like to thank all those who when others couldn’t make it, things broke down, or in times of total chaos they took on the extra load and made us think and feel that all was well, nothing was wrong, and it was work as usual.

My heart goes out to all those wonderful volunteers whose dedication supports our communities and our world.  They are everywhere, and the survival of so many services and organizations depend upon them and their work – Thank you!

Thank you to all those who greet us with a smile whether it’s at work, on a walk, at the market, in a line up, or anywhere else. 

 

Please know that those smiles were always passed on!

And, thanks to friends, family, and neighbors for simply showing up at the door or calling to say Hi - you will never know how many times it was perfect timing.

Thank You, Thank You!

Thanks to You for your visit, and 

I hope you'll pass this one to others

so we can all join together and send 

more Thank You's out into the World!

Please enjoy each moment of everyday!