This is what greeted me this morning as I fought my way through the wet blanket of humidity from the parking lot to the front door. So this morning, I am really grateful for the person in my office building who decided to try to make the rest of us smile as we wipe away sweat from our 100 yard hike into the office.

I am grateful for my husband who took care of dinner last night.

I am grateful for my granddaughter who helped clean up after dinner last night.

I am grateful for the guy last night at the ice cream place who was completely annoyed that he wasn’t given a napkin with his ice cream and “became” a real jerk to the high school employee. I say “became” because I hold out hope that he was just miserable from the heat and isn’t a jerk all the time. I am grateful for him because he reminded me to not be a jerk. Anytime. Ever. To anyone. Anywhere. No matter what.

I am grateful for my husband who took care of gathering all the trash and every week, gets it to the curb for pickup.

I am grateful that our two kids say “thank you” without a prompt.

I am grateful for air conditioning and the job that provides a salary to pay for it.

And I am grateful for the reminder this morning that it doesn’t take much to make the world a better place.