Periodically reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful

• snuggly dog
• Great co-workers
• The north shore of Lake Superior!One of the most beautiful places in the world.
• local farmers markets
• Fall weather

1. managing to spend time with 3 good friends this morning
2. finding our dining room table
3. reservations for cottage on north shore that takes pets at no extra charge so we can have long weekend there over labor day weekend with our friends A and B and we can bring our new dog Duncan! We can take him hiking with us, Yay!
4. my sweetie
5. indoor plumbing- I think it is important to recall the mundane things we enjoy everyday that we would surely miss if we didn’t have them. I could live I think without my computer but I am not going to give up indoor plumbing.

• Chinese medicine—I definitely have a cold but I am managing to treat myself effectively I think.
• My extra special stupendous sweetie who has cooked and shopped and taken care of me today and let me study and nap even though she has yet another interview tomorrow!!!
• wikipedia
• the impending end of the Bush administration
• nice friends
• home made soup
• down comforters
• paid vacation—what a stupendous privilege to get this man.
• tuition remission—also an excellent benefit.
• indoor plumbing and hot water on demand
• opportunities for education in my life both past and present
• good novels written for children

1. Knowing how to cook tasty nutritious food.
2. My warm cozy House
3. My valiant hard working Sweetie
4. Somehow, even in dark times, human goodness can emerge and prevail.
5. My dear bossy obnoxious Dog

1. Every day I wake up and I am not dead.
^{I realize that sounds a bit morbid but I don’t think my friend who died recently had any idea he was about to die and I think he maybe just died in his sleep. Something I don’t want to take for granted.}

2. Somehow, I learned how to be a really great listener and it is a skill that helps me in all aspects of my life, professional and personal. I got a 100% on my Shang Han Lun quiz today because I listened carefully in class the last two weeks.

3. the times I can get my dog to settle down, poor cooped up old thing.

4. Chicken Pot Pie from “the place of glorious breakfast”

5. All the great times and good friendship and companionship of my friend who just died. He was a really special person.

1. My Sweetie
2. My Zeke
3. Three day weekends
4. good friends
5. meaningful work
6. good health
7. mystery box of nice CSA veggies that appeared on our doorstep
8. music
9. the many privileges I enjoy in this world, none of which I take for granted.
10. The poetry of Audre Lorde and W.H. Auden
10.a and cool websites like this one where you can instantly dial up an audio clip of a poem flitting through your mind: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/18986
11. Queer people everywhere.
12. People with the courage to fight injustice and cruelty and greed in the face of certain persecution.
That’s enough for now. I was on a roll. These things sort of build up.

I am grateful for
Folk Music (of many traditions)
The dog had a good day today
artisan ice cream-I had milk chocolate peanut butter and Brown Butter Toasted Pecan
Gorgeous summer weather
a day with my sweetie
getting school work done
weekends
acupuncture and Chinese herbs
craniosacral therapy

I am grateful for
Folk Music (of many traditions)
The dog had a good day today
artisan ice cream-I had milk chocolate peanut butter and Brown Butter Toasted Pecan
Gorgeous summer weather
a day with my sweetie
getting school work done
weekends
acupuncture and Chinese herbs
craniosacral therapy

a really healthy positive goal for so many folks I thought I might try it to decrease my general sense of being overwhelmed at the moment.

I am grateful for:
Cashew Butter Sandwiches
Zeke-my dog
My Sweetie
My Mac Laptop
Gorgeous Summer Weather
My decent health
Stimulating meaningful work that helps make people’s lives a little better an reduces suffering.
Music
Good Friends