Yet more thankfulness

I am thankful for health. Sure, there are some creaky mornings, but basically my body does what I ask of it and that is something which I do not take for granted. I know far too many people who cannot walk a mile or get out of breath climbing stairs, people whose health limits their actions. And, while feeling sorrow for them, I am thankful to not be among their number.

I am thankful to live in a time with visual correction. I am very near-sighted and have been wearing glasses since I was 6; in most other times in history, something would have eaten me long since.

I am thankful for DVDs, and not just those lovely shiny disks but everything they represent. When I was younger even VHS was not yet available, and it was a challenge to track down many movies. Now, not only new films but works for which I have been searching for literally decades are available to me. This is a wonder about which I shall never become jaded. The films of the world are to be had, for the asking.

I am thankful for CDs, as I was thankful for LPs and will be thankful for whatever comes next, as I can always have my favorite works about me.

I am thankful for music, that it can be created and passed on and shared and recorded to be enjoyed again. I am thankful that I can create it myself.