death

A coworker learned that her good friend died today. He killed himself. He jumped off a bridge.

When news like that comes up it is natural to feel sad. I feel sad for the family. Sad for the friends. Sad because it is a really sad thing. Death is always sad and hard. But suicide is sooo sad and hard.

But after I felt sadness, and I felt a lot of sadness, I started listing the reasons I am thankful. I am thankful. I am sooo thankful. I am thankful for all the little things in my life. And I am thankful for myself. I am thankful for my heart and my lungs and my ears and eyes. I am thankful for my hands and feet and nose and hair. My hair is my favorite physical feature. I am totally thankful for my hair. I am thankful for my brain and my bones. I am thankful for my toes and fingers. And my ears. I am thankful that I have pushed myself - but I'm not quite sure what to call that. There is something inside of me that craves adventure and success - so whatever that is in me, I am thankful for it. Really thankful for it.

When sad things happen it is good to remember that good things happen, too. And its good if we can let sad things motivate us to be our best, most happy and thankful selves.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who knew this really cool guy who died. My thoughts are prayers also go out to everyone else, particularly people I love and care about, that they might feel thankful everyday and know that they are loved. Because everyone is loved.

Tell people they are wonderful. Because they are. People are so so wonderful. And they should know it.