Merry and Me

There is so much to be thankful for.  When I begin to go over my blessings in my mind, I remember my daughter, Lyla's, nightly prayers that included each family member by name, then the animals, then her school friends, then the gifts she had received, then the...and the...and the....I may have suggested at that point that she visualize the "whole world" and include everything in it and bless the "whole world".  I could see that there was no end to her prayer. She had grasped the concept of the "infinite". She was a very thankful child (and still is).
Today I feel the same way as Lyla did.  If I mention one person then I will be forgetting other others.  So I have made it simple.  I have chosen...not my favorite, mind you, but I have a formula for this choice. I have chosen to be thankful for the person who has been the closest to me the longest.  She is my twin sister, Merry.

Merry has been my friend and soul mate since we were born (except maybe when we were pre-teen, but  I didn't like anybody then).  She has pulled me out of the "funk" more times than I can remember, she listened to me cry, whine, ramble and breathe.  I love you, Merry, and I'm thankful that you to have been in my life.  If we share another life together, maybe Karma will be as good to me in the future as it was this lifetime.

Shoot, now I'm feeling guilty.  I'm now visualizing the "whole world"...and YOU are included.