Thursday, November 28, 2013

My 100 Gratitudes Today

I am grateful:


1.      my breath
2.      my clear carotid arteries
3.      my ability to walk
4.      my kidneys
5.      my eyesight
6.      my brain
7.      the safety I have enjoyed and still enjoy
8.      my dear birdies! Summer and Jewel. And the happiness they add to my life, and I to theirs
9.      IMing with A
10.   That I felt ok – and better than ok – when I got home yesterday.
11.   Will see mother today
12.   And her aide will come. I’m very grateful for that.
13.   J in my life
14.   God
15.   Thich Nhat Hanh
16.   This _______
17.   L’s call this morning
18.   And his prayers for my mother
19.   And my helping him with his girlfriend. Am grateful for all of these.
20.   M calling last night and today.
21.   Fb
22.   Tv
23.   Bird-song
24.   Water
25.   Food
26.   Money for a restaurant
27.   Plastic – debit and credit
28.   That A’s scare yesterday worked out
29.   That M has her girls for Thanksgiving today
30.   Music
31.   The last seconds of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYiMJ2bC65A
32.   Meditation
33.   Mindfulness
34.   I have a healthy heart
35.   I am losing weight
36.   And eating veggies
37.   And drinking water
38.   I do not have a problem with alcohol
39.   Or pills
40.   Or any drugs
41.   I have exercise dvds
42.   I have coffee
43.   And pots
44.   And pans
45.   And a working oven
46.   And stovetop
47.   I do not eat at a soup kitchen
48.   I am not homeless
49.   I have a glorious oak tree. Beautiful in every season, every day.
50.   My little house is whit with yellow
51.   Faith
52.   Hope
53.   Yes, and love
54.   Roseanne repeats. Really.
55.   That I didn’t say the really mean thing I was thinking, to the person whom I find brings out the worst in me, this morning. That I stopped myself.
56.   Vegetables.
57.   Organic foods.
58.   That I don’t eat turkeys
59.   My hands
60.   My one app – Popwords
61.   That I play word games with the kiddies for 10 minutes every day.
62.   That the research is so clear, and has convinced me!
63.   Books
64.   iPad
65.   That L bought the iPad 2 for me, last New Year’s Eve present.
66.   MA
67.   People who are NOT bigoted against others for race, religion, sexual orientation, money, looks, beliefs, politics, or any other reason!
68.   The great book I just finished: Once We Were Brothers. By Ronald H. Balson
69.   And the one I finished before that: Light between the Oceans. By M.L. Stedman.
70.   And we (in the book course) have just started The Good House. By Ann Leary. It seems interesting so far too. (Although maybe not in the same league, I don’t know).
71.   My Nook.
72.   Real paper books.
73.   Reading on my laptop! Which is how I’ve read the last two.
74.   Friends
75.   Family.
76.   Hope for the future but living in the day.
77.   Birds (outside)
78.   “Swimming” – although you can’t really call what I do swimming lol. But I love it so.
79.   Every time I was at the beach with J
80.   And every time I will be
81.   Sand
82.   Beading on the sand
83.   Bundled up on the beach in the windy cold, with a book and L and friends a few times last year: )
84.   Typing
85.   Writing
86.   Reading
87.   Playing piano
88.   That I HAVE my piano
89.   I want to practice every day now.
90.   That it is so good for me
91.   That I have a NutriBullet
92.   And a Vitamix!
93.   And a microwave
94.   And a toaster oven
95.   And a sink
96.   And a fridge
97.   And a roof. Yes really, all these things!
98.   Magazines
99.   Vegetarian Times magazine.
100. My job
101. And salary
102. And helping kids to read
103. My car
104. That I filled it with gas yesterday
105. That I can drive
106. And have a license

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