My 100 Gratitudes Today

I am grateful:

1. Kitaro
2. This: STAY CLOSE TO THOSE SOUNDS

The sun turns a key in a lock each day
As soon as it crawls out of bed.

Light swings open a door
And the many kinds of love rush out
Onto the infinite green field.

Your soul sometimes plays a note
Against the Sky's ear that excites
The birds and planets.

Stay close to any sounds
That make you glad you are alive.
~ Hafiz
3. Peaceful people
4. People praying for the Oklahomans touched by the tornado
5. That after waking up with a real pit in my stomach – very very much sadness – it got better as walked about the house
6. That I CAN walk about the house
7. That despite its tiny size and desperate need for work, I have a house
8. Coffee in my cup
9. Birds choosing to sleep a bit more. Sweet
10. Weather reports
11. Looked better later at work
12. Dr came yesterday
13. I just smiled. This is so big to me. I feel nervous, and scared, and near hopeless and truly overwhelmed. Sad sad sad. So – to just have smiled. Thank you, God. And what made me smile was this ( from fb page Zen to Zany)_______
14. Followed by this (from fb page Birds Around The World)_______
15. So I am sitting here - Able to sit
16. On a couch – have a couch
17. With tv on – have tv
18. And electricity
19. Hearing the birds’ morning chirping – have the dear birds
20. They are healthy
21. And happy
22. And can chirp. And I smiled. Yay.
23. Subway veggie delite without cheese, on 9 grain, 6 inch sandwich
24. Phone calls from people who love me
25. I need to get to a hundred. What else am I grateful for?Well lamps
26. Electricity.
27. Swans
28. Lakes – 2 by my house
29. MA
30. M
31. St
32. A
33. L
34. J
35. Summer
36. Jewel
37. Enough food
38. Water
39. Eyesight!
40. Hearing
41. Ability to speak
42. And work
43. Car
44. Gas in the car
45. B’s help with financial figuring
46. Washing machine
47. Dishwasher
48. Honest people
49. My book, “Women Who Run wth the Wolves”
50. Brave people
51. Smart people
52. Hopeful people
53. Inspirational people
54. The light later in the day. Very important to me right now
55. Forests.
56. Woods
57. Trees
58. Food for the birds
59. Water for the birds
60. Toys for the birds
61. That they fly free
62. And their flight cage too
63. Cuttle bone for them also
64. Sunset
65. Sunrise
66. The sky
67. Grass
68. Paying my bills
69. And my mother’s
70. That I can. And that I do.
71. Heroes
72. Smiles
73. Laughter
74. My students. Especially this year.
75. Hope!!!!!!!!!
76. L’s level headedness today about the terrorism
77. Music
78. Art
79. Museums
80. Prayer
81. Thich Nhat Hanh
82. Mindfulness
83. Minutes in M’s class in the mornings before work, meditating quietly in her corner. So I am not alone.
84. Email
85. Facebook
86. Phones
87. Cell phones
88. Laptop
89. Wood
90. Vegetables
91. Regina of fb page Romancing Your Soul
92. Fraction game for the kiddies
93. My dr said you must think of the things you used to enjoy. And just do them.
94. And I did.
95. And I thought of coloring
96. And Piano
97. And Walking a lot
98. And stamped cross-stitch
99. And reading
100. And time with friends
101. And movies
102. And a little travel
103. And museums
104. And walking in the woods with a guy and a dog off-leash
105. And ballroom dancing