Thursday, October 31, 2013

The 100 Gratitudes and Other Great Things and Things I Love and Even Affirmations


1.     It is Halloween! I LOVE making the kids happy!
2.     Walking about the housethis morning realizing I am so happy. Telling myself that.
3.     I am very lucky
4.     My birds are singing
5.     I can breathe!
6.     I can see!
7.     I can drive!
8.     I am employed!
9.     I provide for MYSELF! *I *, who never thought I could. I can. I do. And I have been for a very long time!
10.  Rotations today. The 2nd graders go class to class among the 3 teachers and each of us does a different Halloween activity with them.
11.  “If you’re feeling joyful about the relationship most of the time, you’re giving love, and you must receive love and joy back through that relationship because that’s the frequency you’re on.” The Power.
12.  I feel that about school.
13.  And am starting to about J too. OUR relationship. Which yes, we still do have. Irl.
14.  “A change of feeling is a change of destiny.” The Power
15.  I feel so happy to go to work
16.  So happy to eat well for my health and weight
17.  “You can change your frequency at any time by changing how you feel, and everything around you will change because you’re on a new frequency.” The Power
18.  Well I have always felt ok about money. Even when in reality I wasn’t. And it always worked out. And I have then always wound up okay about money.
19.  “… and whatever feeling frequency you’re on is what you will receive.”
20.  I sleep so well!
21.  I am so vibrantly healthy!
22.  I do have the energy to teach so well all day every day now.
23.  I have not been out sik for these two months.
24.  “If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” Nikola Tesla (quoted in The Power)
25.  “Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel. It doesn’t matter what you have felt before. It doesn’t matter what mistakes you think you may have made. When you change the way you feel, you are on a different frequency, and the law of attraction responds instantaneously! When you change the way you feel, the past has gone! When you change the way you feel, your life change.”
26.  Wow on THAT!
27.  SO grateful for Thich Nhat Hanh!
28.  I have a healthy stomach
29.  And brain
30.  And ears
31.  And strong hands
32.  And legs
33.  And feet
34.  And neck
35.  And spine
36.  I recovered fully from my injury
37.  And my surgeries
38.  I have friends
39.  And laughter
40.  Prayer
41.  Belief
42.  Hope
43.  Happiness in THIS day.
44.  In THIS moment
45.  Sitting here this morning
46.  In my cozy litte house
47.  Birds singing
48.  Tv on
49.  Typing
50.  And drinking coffee
51.  The people who wrote these books!
52.  Music
53.  Sunrise
54.  Modern (not post-modern) art
55.  Buddha
56.  The Four Noble Truths
57.  The 5 Mindfulness Trainings
58.  Joy!
59.  That I can read
60.  And see fb positive and interesting and pretty and nature and inspirational posts in the mornings
61.  Access to fresh clean water!
62.  Piano in my classroom! Wow!
63.  Dr Phil exposing the “catfish” people from the dating sites. A warning to others.
64.  Compassion
65.  Teaching kids to read
66.  Living in the present moment more and more throughout each day!
67.  “In the end you are the only one who will live with disappointment or satisfaction so make sure you are the one who decides which it will be.” Regina, of Romancing Your Soul on fb
68.  Yesterday. A mother telling me that her child, 2 years out of my class, wants them to have a best teacher ever award made for me to give me when he leaves the school. And they shouldn’t tell the other teachers and make them feel bad… That was nice to hear that.
69.  Lissa Rankin on fb: “…Who do I have fun with? Who leaves me feeling happier and lighter after we've been together than before we got together?...”  Not ALL drama and talking about each other’s drama!
70.   *I * can DO that!
71.  LIFE is fun. Baby elephants have fun. Puppies find fun EVERYWHERE. Children, babies, WE did too. We can again! We can today! We can right NOW!
72.  Coloring. Yup.
73.  The scent of fall in the air yesterday when we went out to the garden
74.  Planting tulip bulbs
75.  Making bouquets of the annuals flowers that were to die anyway.
76.  Kids could get to trick or treat – rain might hold off til later
77.  The mothers came yesterday, 3 of them, and decorated omg it is AMAZING what they did!
78.  The kids will be so surprised!
79.  I have 2 great little short books to read to them and bookmarks they can color after
80.  This _____

81.  My uncle, on his deathbed. “Do you want to know my best advice for life?” Me: “Yes!” Him: Keep doing it. Don’t look back. Don’t have regrets.”
82.  Excitement is cool
83.  Humor breaks
84.  Word games
85.  Song
86.  This Pretty Planet”
87.  Meditation
88.  The breathing game with the kids
89.  Walking
90.  Walking meditation
91.  Colors
92.  Nature
93.  Autumn
94.  This weekend we gain an hour.
95.  I’m here trhing to help A with his decision
96.  Tomorrow I will help M
97.  Then we’ll relax
98.  Weekend I WILL clean something
99.  November I WILL make my dr’s apointments
100.                 This week has not been like this week the past two years: )
101.                 Louise L. Hay
102.                 My muscles
103.                 My intelligence
104.                 My humor
105.                 My musical abilities
106.                 Singing with the children too
107.                 The scripts we’re doing
108.                 “… when a fearless heart believes, miracles happen.” Soul Speaking sharing from Joy of Dad on fb

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

100 Grats and Other Great Things


1.     Don’t struggle to change the circumstances of your life. Give love through your good feelings and what you want will appear!” from The Power.
2.     Also from the book The Power: “You have to give good feelings first. You have to be happy first, and give happiness, to receive happy things! Whatever you want to receive in life, you must give first!”  (Hey, it can’t hurt, right? Lol)
3.     That I am NOT raising the mealworms, which are supposed to raise and kill afterward! I will NOT raise animals to kill them! Not that we would tell the children, but even THAT level. No on EVERY level.
4.     And – that I have told them in no uncertain (but yes polite and professional) terms.
5.     And that whatever we decide I DO raise (because butterflies are nixed as have already been done in another grade), they will have to supply the materials/ equipment….
6.     And the science person is coming today to meet with me about it! To help me decide what to raise. I’m so grateful. And proud of myself for this.
7.     Food for the birdies. I’m watching them eat right now.
8.     Water for them
9.     Fresh greens for them.
10.  That the way you FEEL SO affects the outcome of any relationship. I know, for example, that when I spent the afternoon with J Sunday, it felt so positive that I wanted more. Well HE has felt my NEGATIVES for so long, of COURSE he wouldn’t have wanted more. Like that.
11.  “If you’re feeling joyful about the relationship most of the time, you’re giving love, and you must receive love and joy back through that relationship because that’s the frequency you’re on.”
13.  I love flowers!
14.  I love the fall colors of the leaves!
15.  I love that Ka reminded of them yesterday with her little story!
16.  Our book group was fun
17.  We have our next book title now
18.  The piano in my classroom
19.  The song, “This Pretty Planet.”
20.  Right now A is IMing me
21.  Walking
22.  Other exercise
23.  Stretching our legs yesterday with stretches and a little walkabout, because sitting so much
24.  The kids appreciating!
25.  One girl saying to me, “Wow. We’re sitting again and I don’t even feel like we sat! That was great!”
26.  And they giggled and got so excited because we walked on the STAGE (and bowed and clapped) and out the other door that they hadn’t known existed!
27.  7 year-olds are FUN!
28.  End October – from now it is easier – they are growing. I can FEEL it already this week!
29.  That I stopped using the killed dried bees on sticks for pollinating plants in class too. For goodness sake, we could use our fingertips or Q-tips or pictures of bees!
30.  My face cream does not test on animals
31.  Or use animal products
32.  Oh. I did some at work. I didn’t bring them home or email so I’ll have to add them tomorrow. That the mothers came in and decorated so wonderfully!
33.  I sleep at night
34.  I had a good meeting with the science person.
35.  I think I can do the mealworms and not have to kill them
36.  My aide is great!
37.  The kids were so happy today
38.  And since Monday, it’s – easier. They’re more grown up. I expected that would take more weeks. Phew.
39.  Tomorrow is Halloween.
40.  And – we have an awful fun schedule, my class.: )
41.  I love my birdies
42.  They are eating happily right now.
43.  I love hope.
44.  I HAVE hope: )
45.  I feel better!
46.  I do the breathing game for 2 minutes every morning with the kiddies
47.  I am so so so so grateful to have that aide.
48.  Lunchtime was fun for me today.
49.  I was funny.
50.  M was there
51.  She was funny.
52.  How we all talked and shared and laughed, about 5 ofus
53.  The math games online finally worked!
54.  My kids LOVED them. As I knew they would.
55.  AND – I realized we can do them from MY computer interactively on the Smart Board too, if they CAN’T get in…
56.  And there is such LEARNING from them!
The chickpea salad recipe I just saw here: http://www.vegkitchen.com/recipes/bountiful-beans/bean-salads/sharons-chickpea-salad-or-sandwich-spread/
57.  Humor
58.  Laughter. I love it
59.  The Big Bang Theory. It does make me laugh
60.  That I was in England!
61.  Windsor Castle!
62.  Kensington Palace!
63.  That I kept a journal!
64.  And I still have it!
65.  Even specifics on paintings at the Tate!
66.  Om mani padme hum – (
67.  I bow to the jewel in the lotus of the heart.)” (which is NOT a real translation of the above. But I’m just beginning to learn…
68.  Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary
69.  I am so overwhelmingly grateful for thich nhat hanh!!!!!!
70.  And that I’ve been on retreat with him
71.  FOUR TIMES!!
72.  My breath is so GOOD. I am so lucky for that!!!!! It wasn’t always – I know of what I speak! : )
73.  Jokes
74.  Riddles for the kiddies
75.  People who are good to their children
76.  All of us who try our hardest
77.  My intelligence!
78.  Science
79.  Math (I never would have believed I could say THAT!)
80.  Writing
81.  Typing
82.  Piano playing
83.  Music
84.  All my abilities
85.  Good doctors
86.  Eyesight
87.  Eye drops
88.  I have made it very well through surgeries
89.  Smiles
90.  I am a very good teacher
91.  I am a good friend
92.  Just had nice talk with mother
93.  And of course told each other we love each other
94.  As always: )
95.  And good chat with M
96.  And I’m going there after school Fri, to M’s
97.  And will be with Ji her daughter there
98.  Then M will come home
99.  And we’ll have dinner
100.                 And see a movie
101.                 And I’ll stay over!