kirtan gratitude

i went to a kirtan tonight
and here is what i am grateful for:

1. my hair smelling like incense
2. the birds on the sparkling lake as we were chanting
3. invoking shiva - i have been singing
om namah shivaya for 10 years and i have never
experienced feeling like he was actually in the room
with us while we were singing...
4. the wonderful chanters there tonight
lisa, pia, sonia, miriam, ginny...and others
oh yeah and fumio on tabla drums:)
5. that i gave pia a little ganesh painting
and then later miriam who was leading kirtan
brings up that she wanted to chant to ganesh
and that she never ever chants to ganesh,
but has recently started (oh the serendipity!)
6. meeting miriam through samantha
and pia through the enchanted garden
and the enchanted garden through suzanne
and then got invited to a miriam kirtan by pia?!?
yes, we truly are all connected:)
7. making ultra garden burgers from scratch tonight
even though i was at school all day, wrote comments,
and went to kirtan...
8. finally following a recipe and they
were the best ones so far from all of my recent tries!
9. valerie for suggesting to eat them in between
lettuce with all the toppings and that was so yummy...
10. my heart that feels more open than it did this morning
and my mind feeling more bliss than it has in a while...
and as miriam mentioned,
"we are trying to find that connection between those
two things"
11. pia sending me the above pic because i didn't bring a camera!
12. my body still vibrating with good energy
13. being able to sleep tomorrow morning without
being beeped at by an alarm clock.

namaste and good night.