Author: Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Discovering new Little Free Libraries. (Do you have them where you live?)

This one is in the Vernonburg neighborhood of Savannah.

2. The amazing ability to see light.

Here the morning light is favoring my side of our little study.

I especially love the light and shadow on my Yes Stick.

There’s a bit of a story here. For some reason, years ago, as Robert and I were hiking in the woods somewhere, my eyes rested upon a small fallen tree branch shaped like the letter Y.

I was going through a difficult patch of life at the time and I thought, “Yes! That stick is reminding me that I can say Yes! to so many things, things I already have and things I desire.”

So I picked up my Yes Stick and hiked with it for a while, saying “Yes!” time and again.

I kept up the practice, and on another hiking adventure, I picked up the one you see in the photo above. Robert told me to give it to him. He brought it home, varnished it, and we put it above my desk.

So that you have it. My quirky, slightly weird story of the origin of my Yes Stick.

I challenge you the next time you see a stick (or anything) shaped like a Y, to pause and say “Yes!” to something you love or have or desire.

3. Our imaginations.

4. Robert’s new glasses, which look gargantuan in this photo at Savannah’s Midtown Sports Bar the other night as we were watching our Atlanta Braves.

5. My spiky ball, which so helps my ongoing lower back pain.

I hope you have a Helper of some kind this Beautiful Spring Weekend.