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gratitude list for sunday morning
This morning’s gratitude list: Grateful for the snow. it’s soft beauty and quieting nature. that I can go and shovel the snow, my body still allows me to do that. feels so good to work. I feel more alive and vital … Continue reading
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Autistic Gratitiude
This video shows what is possible when love comes before reason. Grateful I can see the value of love. grateful others have loved me when I really needed it. grateful I can speak, and especially grateful when I can speak … Continue reading
Practicing Gratitude as a Practice
Note to myself: gratitude as a practice has value, especially when I don’t feel like it, when I’m feeling less hope and trust and excitement about life. That’s when I most need perspective, that’s when having a more complete sense … Continue reading
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the root of gratitude
grateful I woke up this morning. That impulse within me to live, grateful I have that, it feels substantial. grateful I have another day to make the most of the life I’ve been given. grateful I can see the universe … Continue reading
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fuzzy gratitude
fuzzy from painkillers. and really grateful I no longer have an abscessed molar. grateful for the hope that this simple fact lends to the future. no more infected jawbone. grateful I was led to an awesome oral surgeon who took … Continue reading
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coffee gratitude
Coffee. Grateful for my coffee this morning. We have a coffee maker and coffee grinder. The aroma fills the room. The taste is wonderful. Grateful for all these. Grateful I can buy coffee at the market, that I have money to … Continue reading
patient gratitude
This morning, practicing patience. The story is that patience is for those who can’t afford to get everything they want—NOW. putrid. Instead, recognize patience is valuable to allow me to be there for someone I love. To take my attention … Continue reading
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apocalyptic gratitude
woke up this morning thinking about the already lost class war in America. And which is worse, all out anarchy or the slow dissolution of the American life for non-capital-wealthy Americans into a 3rd world state. I fear we already have the … Continue reading
insincere gratitude
I’m told practicing gratitude doesn’t necessarily mean you have to feel it or even mean it. this morning: simmering rage. big parts of my life are very far from where I would have them. plus almost no certainty about any … Continue reading
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agitated gratitude
Agitated by disturbing dreams, unsolicited advice, a mess in the kitchen. Cleaned the kitchen, talked the dreams through, and expressed thanks to a person who wanted to contribute to my work while holding my values dear too. grateful I have … Continue reading