Aug. 31
Uh oh forgot today to do.
Thought did. Very stressful day. Is ok. Will do now! : )
These are among the very first words of the book, The Magic, and I love them:
These are among the very first words of the book, The Magic, and I love them:
"Remember when you were a child
and you looked at life in total wonder and awe? Life was magical and exciting,
and the smallest things were utterly thrilling to you. You were fascinated by
the frost on the grass, a butterfly flittering through the air, or any strange
leaf or rock on the ground."
Now:
Count your blessings. Make a
list of ten blessings. Write why
you’re grateful. Reread your list, and at the end of each blessing say thank you, thank you, thank you, and
feel as grateful for that blessing as you can.
I am truly blessed to have f ound new book to read so and reading
some sitting up on laptop or hard book: one fitness PUSH: 30 Days to
Turbocharge, The Magic still sometimes lol, Shanghai Girls for my book group,
and now Gone Girl because wanted a psychological thriller. And on Nook in bed,
Queen Victoria by Matthew Dennison. And a few lined up! Life of Pi, etc. And in
paper I am reading No Time to Lose by Pema Chodron and the new, hardcover, The
Romanov Sisters. This is very very lucky all of it!
Because I have SO MUCH TO
READ! YAY LUCKY ME!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am so happy and grateful for
taking my mother and Ma out for Indian/Pakistani food lunch today
Because it was good to get her
out and she was excited.
And she liked the food!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am truly grateful for honest
talks with A.
Because I do NOT NOT NOT like
the change and am a little bit heartbroken, but the fact is we were able to
have it, AND I am ok! That is HUGE!
Thank you thank you thank you!
With all my heart, thank you for
J. telling my mother, “Lynn and I went out to lunch together.”
Because
that is a big opening. He has NOT wanted her to know when we’re together up til
now…
Hopeful.
Thank
you thank you thank you!
I am truly blessed to be
tightening up and building muscle.
Because I am stronger and I’m
also losing inches!
And – the exercise is getting
a bit easier (not easy, just less hard) and when it is time I will do fewer
modifications still, and then more reps, and then heavier dumbbells.
I am now, a lifetime exerciser!
And THRILLED about it!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am so happy and grateful for
Shakeology
Because it really makes me
feel good, and beautifully flavors 2 veggies and a fruit (or 1 veg and 2
fruits…) for me! And is so healthy! SO grateful I have worked and still work
hard enough to afford it!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am truly grateful for not
being incapacitated
Because I remember when I was
(from an injury) and omg life is so so SO different being ABLE!
Thank you thank you thank you!
And – thank you for much FOR
that incapacitation.
Because it has added to my
appreciation now.
It was so hard, and it cost
me, and us : ( so much. But – I think it
was necessary for ME to CHANGE.
Thank you thank you thank you!
With all my heart, thank you
for not being alone all the time
Because I would be truly
miserable if I were. I am alone too much a bit now, but not always, and never
totally all the time indefinitely!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am so incredibly fortunate
and lucky and grateful for hope.
Because hope gets me through
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am so incredibly fortunate
and lucky and grateful for my ability to sleep
Because I do not struggle with
sleep! And it is necessary and it comes easily to me. I also remember when it
didn’t.
Oh thank you thank you thank
you, for sleep!
I so deeply appreciate that I
have more cheerfulness!
Because life is happier this
way!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Oh deeply and truly thank you
for my ability to get to sort of “doing not doing” when at the piano.
Thank you thank you thank you!
And for my parents’ paying for
all those lessons, and me and J later, and me since, I am so deeply grateful!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you!
2. Remember The magic by
counting the blessings of yesterday and writing them down. Ask yourself the
question: What are the good things that
happened yesterday? Scan the surface of yesterday until you feel satisfied
that you’ve remembered and written down all the blessings of the day.
Friday:
1.
Saw M.A.
2.
We saw
movie together, The Double Hour (La
doppia ora). Italian film with subtitles
3.
I
liked seeing M.A.
4.
I
liked being there for her too
5.
I
liked the movie very much
6.
Had
great upper boy exercise!
7.
Ate
ok
8.
The
movie caused me to do some research online and I enjoyed it.
9.
Read
some of Queen Victoria in bed
Saturday:
1.
took mother and Ma for Indian food
2.
talked things through with A
3.
Accepted
4.
Took care of birds
5.
Got up to p. 154 of “Gone Girl.” Just enjoying a not-great-literature
book
6.
Great long talk with MA
7.
Ate ok
8.
Magic Rock practice
9.
Slept
10.
Chopin
Ahh. Good. Good
day. Started out so sad but good. Thank you!
Thank you thank
you thank you!
Thank you thank
you thank you!
J
1.
Thank you, J for
the great luncheon the other day
2.
Thank you, J, for
telling my mother. That was meaningful to me.
3.
Thank you, J, for
all the years of TREMENDOUS help in the classroom
4.
Thank you, J, for
always doing my mother’s pills.
5.
Thank you, J, for
talking with her on the phone every day.
6.
Thank you, J, for
trying to be upstanding and honest
7.
Thank you, J, that
we always and still laugh together.
8.
Thank you, J, for
painting the house
9.
Thank you, J, for
all those years of being good with money
10.
Thank you, J, for
leaving me. Because I have grown and am growing. Yes. I mean it.
Thank you! And bless you!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Health
1.
Thank you oh so
much, Health! You enable me to do everything!
2.
Thank you, Health
that I am losing weight. Oh this Is so wonderful for me. For my blood sugar,
blood pressure, future, energy, strength, and mood!
3.
Thank you, Health,
that I can see!
4.
Thank you, Health,
that I can digest and eliminate!
5.
Thank you, Health,
that I can speak!
6.
Thank you, Health,
that I can care for myself, at, shop, clean up the house, shower, bathe, wash
hair, dress self . . . Thank you!
7.
Thank you, Health,
that I am able to work and support myself.
8.
Thank you, Health,
that I can think straight
9.
Thank you, Health,
for my very breath! What a fortune is breath!
10.
Thank you, Health,
for my muscles that enable me to do EVERYTHING!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you than kyou thank you!
Emotions!
1.
Thank you,
Emotions, that I can read again and enjoy a book!
2.
Thank you,
Emotions, for responding so well to nutrients!
3.
Thank you,
Emotions, that I am able to get myself to eat the greens and drink the
Shakeology and do the exercise and get out of the house, all of which help me
so much!
4.
Thank you,
Emotions, for loving exercise AND the after-feeling AND for being able to get
me to do it each day! Thank you thank you thank you!
5.
Thank you,
Emotions, for me getting through this ENTIRE SUMMER without a deep depression
sink (which ALL of last summer was) Oh, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
6.
Thank you,
Emotions, for my Conscience in helping and doing what’s right for my mother.
7.
Thank you,
Emotions, for knowing what kind of graphic violence I cannot handle, and just
staying away from that (which is different than staying away from knowing
what’s going on)
8.
Thank you,
Emotions, for my deep and easy Spirituality. Oh, thank you!
9.
Thank you,
Emotions, for my love of animals! Thank you!
10.
Thank you,
Emotions, for my open-mindedness. Thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you!
