Tag: gratitude
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Morning Quarry Swim
By Jay Hiller, June 30, 2023 Photo by Christopher Coronado, Lifetime Fitness website My husband likes movie quotes. “I’ll take you someplace you’ve never been before,” he said the other day. (Do you know what movie that’s from?) I knew where we were going. He went about a week ago after clearing brush for a…
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Little things
By Jay Hiller, April 30, 2023 Photo by Marie-Hélène Rots on Unsplash I didn’t realize that I was going to write about spiders when I found this picture of a ladybug. Last weekend, I found a spider on the floaty thing-a-ma-jig that we hook paddleboards into to practice SUP yoga. He must have hitchhiked from…
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A dash of something beautiful
by Jay Hiller, December 18, 2022 My kids gave this to me last year. I love it. A friend gave me a 2023 calendar that comes as separate sheets in an acrylic display box and every day you’re treated to a new piece of art. I can’t wait for it to be January 1st so…
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An interesting documentary about grief, gratitude, hope and running
by Jay Hiller, December 17, 2022 Photo by Heather Ford on Unsplash This afternoon I watched a 40 minute documentary about ultramarathoner Sally McRae. The link to the documentary was sent to me by a supplement company. In spite of that, it was worth watching and the product placement wasn’t obnoxious. The name of the…
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Gratitude helps.
by Jay Hiller, October 2, 2022 Just to be clear, because I don’t want to worry any of my family or friends, everything is fine. It seemed like a good day to point out that a little gratitude makes everything better. It’s helpful when things are good and it’s really helpful when they’re not. I’ve…