Gratitude is infused with a whole galaxy of happy. Fuzzy warm feelings boost the immune system, make you smile, and inject joie de virvre and excitement into your day. Yesterday I was so emotionally touched by the receiving of post (yay the post office worked - gratitude!), where two friends sent me gifts. From Scotland I received a handmade angel from Jill. She's a whizz with her crochet needle and I love watching her creations posted to Facebook (she makes the teeniest tiniest teddy bears which are SO darn cute!). With my angel (to watch over me and give me an unlimited supply of love) came a wonderful card, so well written and deeply touching, that I instantly recalled why I love reading Jill's novels (she's an author too!). I love her books so much! She has such a way with words that I hope she never stops writing. Jill, thank you so much for my amazing angel! I LOVE HER! You can read Jill's novels if you do a search for her pen name, Lucy Pepperdine. My favourite book of hers is In The Garden of Stones. It was the best novel I read last year! My other post came from Germany! I was so excited to receive this! This is a novel by Richard Rhys Jones (love his work! If you haven't heard of him, well now you have!). This is a signed copy of his new release with Ravenous RoadKill publishers. This novel was sent to me from Germany, and in the usual African way I waited months to receive it (the sorting center works in retrograde pace, so it usually takes 4 months to get your post even if it arrived in a fortnight to the sorting center) - but for some reason after months of apparently being here (no notification from the post office, or putting it in the postbox) - it got sent back to Germany! He contacted me to let me know, and to ask why the paperback was returned. Lol, what do I know?
Well being a tenacious man, he posted it AGAIN! And I got it! Yesterday!!! I am SO excited to read this book! Thank you so much to the Reg (it's what I call him), and his partners at the publisher's for an amazing gift! Take a look at Mr Jones' novels on Amazon. You guys have filled my day with so much gratitude and happy! Friends who care about you fill your existence with love, and they do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Yay for friends! My friends (and my health) are definitely my wealth!. This is a BIG reason for gratitude! Count your gratitude daily, twice a day, three times a day, because it keeps the Good stuff happening for you.
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