A useful exercise

This morning the lovely Carol and I talked briefly about thankfulness. Psalm 65 has some things, and I neglected a whole lot of things in the list below, but here are a few things I'm thankful for anyway...

• that I can walk without straining, limping, or lurching
• that the VTA stops close by the office
• a car in case I need to drive to the office
• a job (i.e., an office to go to)
  -- though I complain sometimes about having a day job,
• the lovely Carol to come home to
• a house with a roof and walls and locking doors
• healthy parents -- not to be taken for granted at their age, or mine
• loving children (though they're not kids any more)
• the knowledge that I'm forgiven
• the promise of eternal life
• a place of worship
• the freedom to worship there
  -- though I sometimes complain about meetings...
• circuit breakers (rather than fuses) for the power in our house
• Long's and Safeway at the Caltrain station
• money to buy stuff there
• Friday bagels
• a great team at work
• the ability to enjoy reading/writing code
• big windows near my cubicle
• enough clothes to protect me from the air chilled by those windows
• a functioning clothes washer
• the ability to fix it (again) when it overflows
• hanging things to dry the laundry on
• a working clothes dryer for when laundry can't (or shouldn't be) hung
• a seat on the train
• mobile wifi