Thirty days of writing every day. Has it all been good? When my students ask me that question, I try to find something specific to say. “Look at this imagery you included. I can see a picture in my mind.”
Yesterday, my new little first grader was writing a poem to This Photo. He kept wanting to use words like pretty and nice, and I pushed him to specific description. “Why is it pretty? What is nice about it?”
What is good? The Lord looked at all creation and called it “Good.” Why?
Today my Enneathought begged the question “What is good?”
EnneaThought® for the Day
Type Four EnneaThought®
Today, see if you can do the opposite of your ordinary personality pattern. Acknowledge the many ways in which your life and relationships are good. See what happens.
The Enneagram Institute
Here’s my draft-list of good relationships:
- Forty years figuring it out every day with my life partner.
- Three daughters who welcome me into their lives.
- Stella yells, “I see Mamere!” on FaceTime.
- Friends texting photos of spring flowers.
- My principal has my back when a parent complains.
- My brother is caring for our mother every day.
- Charlie, my 15 year-old dog, still licks my toes.
- A. wants a hug at the end of every day.
- My mother-in-law is a wise advisor.
- My writing groups fill me with inspiration as they challenge me to be better.
What is your list of good relationships? How do we recognize and nurture what is already good in our lives?
Reflections on the Teche 
Such a great question and one I’ve been mulling over in preparation for a speaking engagement. Relationships are everything and in so many different forms and fashions they have shaped me into a better human.
I love the examples you offer and the reflective questions you pose at the end. It’s as if we had a writing conference together.
This is a fabulous invitation to write, Margaret. Your list buoys my heart, and that reflective question about recognizing and nurturing is a mighty one: We must be good stewards of what is already good in our lives and celebrate it. Can we count wood ducks and house finches in our relationships-?