What I have learned about thankfulness: the smaller, the more particular, the more ordinary, the better.
For example: the light coming in a west-facing window at three in the afternoon, the old man’s hands on the newspaper, the gleam of a crow’s feather, the dog asleep, all four paws in the air.
More: the berries on my chinaberry tree, the lamp in my neighbor’s window, pepperoni pizza, eggs sunny-side up, someone saying, “Wait a minute. Come back.” Someone else saying, “I’m sorry. Come here.”
Memorize these things.
And then forget them so that you can see them and taste them and hear them again.
Say: thank you, thank you, thank you.
Say thank you.

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