Wednesday September 24 2008

Sunset Yesterday

Today was quiet and I was very sleepy all day. Only slept about 3 or 4 hours last night. Betty took a nap and I dozed in my chair. The time dozing and waking would have been better spent just to lay down for a real nap. I wrote up the information for yesterday and the test results. We visited, Got some lunch on the table and had the leftover Swiss steak for dinner.

Our neighbor Jim called and offered to bring Joe a load of firewood. Another angel. We will probably see them this weekend. Toward evening we took a walk down the road - that was a good thing. When we turned to come back to the house Sparky sat in front of me and wouldn't let me past in that direction. He wanted me to keep walking and was very insistent. But that was enough for today. I had to fake him out to get past and head to the house.

Here is an excerpt from the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert hat Judy gave me yesterday after our visit. I read this book about a year ago:

GRATITUDE

In the end though, maybe we must all give up trying

to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives.

In the end, maybe it is wiser to surrender

before the miraculous scope of human generosity

and just keep saying thank you,

forever and sincerely

for as long as we have voices.