Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)

1. for life. For being alive.

2. for having enough of everything.

3. for love and reciprocity. For the ability to express it and give it.

4. for the freedom to do this.

5. for being able to move beyond my fear that this may not be enough, that I may not be enough, and love the people around me anyway.

6. for feeling so loved, accepted and cared for in my life today. For feeling so completely, entirely blessed today.

1. that I wear glasses. Contact lenses I’d have to be rinsing out constantly these days.

2. for the unbelievable generosity I was shown by my friend in Canada. I am amazed.

3. for my friend A. and the email she sent me in the morning yesterday full of so much love and support.

4. for the amazing timing of yesterday, and being able to help a friend in dire need.

5. for being here on this planet today, living a peaceful life, surrounded by love and care, and able to be of service.

Reverent.

1. for feeling gratitude to the point of tears several times today.

2. for being at the right place at the right time today.

3. for having the intuitive sense that someone I work with looked like she was really ill or passing out and asking her and finding out that she couldn’t breathe at all.

4. that she didn’t lose consciousness on the way to the hospital.

5. that she was breathing normally when I saw her at the hospital after I got off of work. They think it was heart related, and aren’t sure yet, but she is alive!!

6. for the opportunity to be there for a friend, for a coworker, for anyone. I am so incredibly grateful today. I can’t even articulate it properly.

in backwards chronological order:

1. for glorious tiredness, and a bed I can lie down on.

2. for a flexible schedule today at work due to that four people were scheduled.

3. for meeting Rat in person for the first time(!) late last night, and spending the wee hours with her at a wonderful hole in the wall Chinese restaurant in Toronto. We had a delightful conversation and she is gorgeous.:)

4. for a speeding bus driver.

5. for major eye contact with someone I like an awful lot, and wondering if something so hot can turn to cozy warm.

1. for a safe flight to Toronto.

2. that a friend came all the way from Ottawa, and picked me up and drove me back in at a leisurely pace.

3. for having brought several pairs of socks and more than one sweater, because the temperatures here are arctic.

4. for hugs, kisses, and snuggles.

5. for Tim Horton’s coffee bars, which is like Dunkin’ Donuts, except called Timmy’s.

1. for feeling very happy and peaceful about the weekend.

2. for getting a call from my friend A., although I didn’t have time to talk with her. I love her Southernness…the way she says ‘Oh, you are the cutest thing!’ and when she said ‘shitfire!’ awhile ago about something.

3. the group on Facebook called ‘Bitch,please. I’m from Michigan.’ The comments on there were very, very Michigan…irreverent, full of swear words, and very funny in the most obnoxious way possible.

4. that I don’t need to hide.

5. for having a clean bathroom, and a decade worth of supplies…

1. for getting to work exactly on time this morning.

2. for getting a crazy amount of work done.

3. for coming home and getting some things done, too.

4. for someone taking a really big step forward, a giant step forward. wow.

5. for how consistently supportive people are on this site, and that I’m blessed to have made some wonderful friendships here, too.

1. for standing up for myself today.

2. for feeling pretty calm, cool, and collected today.

3. for the color blue.

4. for being tagged in a snowman cupcake army.

5. for a day without any refined sugar (only beet sugar).

6. for suspense.:)

1. for having a paid off car in good working order that has four brand new tires on it…and for the auto repair account I have in the works.

2. for cleaning some things out of the bathroom, and having a bag full of things I can give away. I get an amazing amount of stuff for free!

3. for my little badass lap kitty. She often sits with me and purrs while I write here.

4. for a little baby I saw yesterday who had a short afro and short short ponytail on the top of her head and reminded me of a unicorn.

5. people who are there to intervene when it’s really necessary, and who will.

6. that this is my 300th entry!

1. for waking up yesterday with a lovely message from JulieJordanScott which really helped to set the tone of a beautiful day. Thank you, Julie:)

2. for how powerful we are, and that we can make such a positive impact in our daily lives.

3. for the expression of love as an active and daily activity.

4. for snowman cupcakes, even though I’m not supposed to eat them, but they’re covered with coconut, and they have a cute smile. (Also for being part of a gingerbread cupcake army.)

5. for the little girl (3 years old?) who broke the dozen eggs on the floor and so exuberantly helped me to clean it up, exclaiming ‘I helpful! I helpful!’. This also made my day.