Grateful for Water to Wash in and Fresh, Soft, Silky light Feeling, Clean Hair, A Quiet Clean Safe, Private Space to Bath in, ( no Interruptions, No Threats of Unknown Male Intrusion, No One Saying Hurry up…Next) and Grateful to Have Running Water via /r/gratitude

I am grateful to have running tap water in my bathroom (and a bathtub but dont have a shower).

I am especially grateful to have this private clean and private, quiet space to safely bath.

I am aware that not everyone has this. I am safe from interruption. I dont have to share. I have no threatening men trying to peek at me and God knows what else. I dont have any one making stress and screaming for me to hurry up.

I have a Safe space to bath in alone that is quiet, and restful.

And I am privileged to have an abundance of clean, even drinkable running water ( hot and cold) to bath in. What a blessing that is when many in the world dont even have this to drink.

I am blessed to live where I do, with clean water and safety to live and bath.

I had a lovely beautiful morning outdoors yesterday and a horrible afternnon with a threatening lady screaming and attacking. Instead of walking home drenched in the lovely morning thoughts, I walked home feeling frightened, angry, concerned, stressed. Yesterday morning I was able to be in the woods like I had been dreaming of for so long and the forest bathing stress free effect was dissolved by a poor situation with someone determined to misunderstand what someone had directed and turning to yell and swear at me with threat of violence. Was terrible and upsetting at how things were handled.

So……….. Been out in the woods and afraid of wood ticks and coming home carrying stress.

What to do ?

Ah.. yes, I will have myself a lovely bath 🌼🙏🫶🌟🌈💫

What a privilege that I have this as an option. I am blessed. Many in other countries and even many in my own country who are displaced or unhoused-they dont have this at all.

I am grateful that I do, very grateful.

I lay in the cool water to remove the heat, dirt & any potentially hidden wood ticks from the day😊.

It felt so soothing, so cooling, and felt so nice.

I washed my hair a few times and combed the leave in conditioner through, detangling my long strands.

It felt clean. I felt clean. I dried off and allowed my hair to dry naturally over the course of a few hours.

And oh my gosh — my hair feels and smells incredible.

What a lovely feeling – so clean, so light, fresh, soft, silky …feels so nice to touch.

I was so tired from little sleep the night before and waking so early for the outing, out in a sweltering hot day, and now with some enjoyable self nurturing time in the tub with warm, then cooling water, signaling my body to relax – well- I began this post last night, just got the title composed >>> and 😴 … fell asleep : D lol ! I awoke, tended to calls, and just now the following afternoon, I am finishing this post 😋😉😎 lol ! ( with clean soft silky hair, I might add 😉)

Truly I am grateful to have all the temperatures of clean running water, a tub, a safe relaxing place, shampoo, a good quality leave in conditioner.

I am grateful to be able to bath and have clean hair again and yes… a wood tick free body also, thank goodness for that.

I am really dearly grateful 💫🌼🙏🫶🌟🌈