In this season of giving thanks and expressing gratitude, there is much I am thankful for.
I am thankful for you, the readers of this blog, and thankful for all my readers in any medium. To have something you've written read by others is a great honor.
I'm thankful for the expulsion from the presidency of my country a cloven-footed, grotesquely evil man.
I'm thankful for my many friendships and deep relationships, which sustain me and give my life profound meaning.
I'm thankful for teaching, which I fell into by dumb luck at 24. Teaching defines me and gives my life purpose, and I am fortunate beyond words that I love it as much now as I did upon discovering it.
I am thankful to be able to write— it gives me an absorbing craft and a way to be in the world.
and Thank you for your steadfast dedication to discovery and learning!
ReplyDeleteI am thankful that you wrote "The Mind at Work," which gains more relevance for our society every day. In particular, your vivid examples of the wisdom, talents and dedication that your mother and uncle Joe brought to their work were eye-opening. They represent our future.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am grateful that you can write, teach and be my much admired friend.
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