My 100 Gratitudes Today

I am grateful: 1. I am grateful for what today’s Each Day a New Beginning says about gratitude. A 2. And that I *am * in a forgiving state of mind. I *do * forgive L. That DOESN’T meant I can be WITH him! But it means I believe that like me, like all of us, he’s done the best with what he has! 3. And that “First on our list for forgiveness should be ourselves.” Yes yes yes! 4. And that “It can free us.” Oh, I like that! 5. I just paid the bills. Thank you, God. I asked for your help and I got it. You have gotten me through paying the bills. Mine online. Mine with checks. AND – all my MOTHER’S! So many and so much paperwork! Done! Yay oh yay! 6. I AM grateful for that one guy from the dating site. He seems a little too anxious, and I don’t know if I could find him attractive. AND I’ve told L I won’t go on from this morning until we have fully decided together. But he ACTS like a gentleman, and says very complimentary things about me. And THAT’S nice anyway. 7. I just ate a fresh stuffed artichoke. It came out terribly(!) as mine usually do: ( but I ate it and it was ok. 8. And – a little p.b. 9. Coffee this am 10. And I DID have some non-dairy milk after all. Vanilla almond milk 11. Today’s Language of Letting Go says, “You can think. You can make good decisions. You can make choices that are right for you.” That encourages me. 12. I’m grateful for EJ!!!!! 13. I’m grateful for Affirmations 14. I’m grateful for honesty. 15. I’m grateful that I had the courage to send L. that note today 16. I’m grateful that I got past some phobias this past year 17. AI’m grateful for t. 18. And my laptop 19. And my piano 20. And Schubert 21. And Mendelssohn 22. Chopin 23. Bach 24. Vaughn Williams 25. Reinhold 26. Nana mouskouri 27. And the time I got to meet her. 28. People who take care of non-human animals 29. And of humans too. 30. I’m so grateful that I’m not in a hospital. I’ve been there. It ain’t fun to be scared. And sick. 31. I’m grateful for red wine. 32. And for learning what “wine with a long finish” is. 33. Prayer. I guess I need a lot more of it. Yeah. I do. 34. Readings 35. This blog 36. Every person who reads it ever!!! 37. Heroes. 38. My father 39. My oak tree 40. That I am alive 41. Electricity 42. Fresh water! 43. Food in my cabinet 44. And in my fridge 45. And in my freezer 46. A stove 47. And a sink 48. And a dishwasher 49. And a microwave 50. Laughter 51. Li (NOT L!) and how much he has helped me 52. My doctor’s loyalty to me as a patient 53. Wow. Someone I love has just posted this on facebook: “When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” Khalil Gibran 54. Email 55. Nice people. People who are just nie 56. The sex I HAVE had in my life 57. I have eaten in restaurants 58. And seen Broadway shows 59. And been to movies 60. And Carnegie Hall 61. And Lincoln Center 62. And London! 63. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 64. And the Neue Gallery 65. And the National Academy 66. And MOMA 67. And the Guggenheim 68. And the Tate Museum! 69. I have seen the Pacific Ocean 70. And the Atlantic 71. And the Hudson River 72. And the Thames! 73. I have swam (badly but with much delight) in the ocean 74. And the sound 75. And the bay 76. And pools 77. And lakes 78. And the river 79. I have been on trains 80. And subways 81. And airplanes 82. And buses 83. And boats 84. And cruise ships 85. And in cars 86. And on bicycles 87. And on roller skates 88. And on ice skates 89. And on horseback 90. I have shared my live with precious doggies 91. And a gerbil 92. And paraqueets 93. And fish 94. And turtles 95. I have loved 96. I have been oved 97. Um. Gulp. I will again - ? : ) 98. I have God 99. I can meditate. 100. I have the Five Mindfulness Trainings. http://www.plumvillage.org/mindfulness-trainings/3-the-five-mindfulness-trainings.html