Adar in Oakland is doing 15 things including…

practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically

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Adar has written 25 entries about this goal

Still grateful.... 4 months ago

just pruning the list a bit. I’ve decided to omit the things that have become habits.



Today I'm grateful for 11 months ago

—afternoon naps with cool dreams
—latkes that someone else cooked
—the warmth of a lightweight wool shawl
—antidepressants
—Torah study with my beloved teacher
—meaningful work
—my Sweetie (always)



Things for which I am especially grateful today: 12 months ago

—good friends have invited us to Thanksgiving dinner. I made cranberry sauce and we’re taking Cat’s pumpkin pie, so I get to eat ALL my favorite things, with lovely company, and I am not the host.

—I am blessed with a lovely family, and good friends.

—I have a roof over my head, and work.

—I am out of school.

—Cat’s my sweetie. Life is good.

—The President Elect is Barack Obama.



Today I'm grateful for... 12 months ago

—Shabbat, my day for connection, worship and family

—my Sweetie, who is funny and smart.

—my kids, who make me laugh and tear my hair.

—the warm spirit here on 43T, where people help each other

—the mentoring of a gifted rabbi

—the joy of a good book



In the midst of a spectacularly dysfunctional family of origin.... 12 months ago

I have a brother who is absolutely marvelous.

He’s the youngest, I’m the oldest.
His birthday is March 9, mine is the 10th.
He’s tall and muscular and bald, I’m none of those things.

But I love him.

Miracles are everywhere, if we only have eyes to see them.



Today I am grateful.... 12 months ago

1. For my sons, who each in his own way make me proud and happy.

2. For my Sweetie, whom I love no matter what our legal status is.

3. For a circle of family and friends upon whom I can depend for love and support.

4. For this 43Things community, which has made a rough time much, much easier.

5. For the fact that I’ve got a lot of fight and a lot of life left in me!



Sept 19 14 months ago

I am so happy with my work! It’s worth all the years in school and all the other costs to be doing this work that I love so much.

I’m also grateful for the fact that I’ve got a partner who values the work, and who understands what it means to me. I want to express that gratitude by making sure that I don’t abuse that understanding.

I’m HAPPY. (Also, at the moment, exhausted.)



I am grateful for so many things today: 16 months ago

—meaningful work
—a loving family
—our Shabbat domino game
—delicious summer stone fruit
—twitter.com
—“Two Strong Women,” the haulers who took away the remains of the water heater incident
—apparent “disasters” that turn out to be blessings
—old pictures of my kids
—Shabbat



I am grateful for: 17 months ago

—shade on a hot day (even when it is 95 in the shade!)
—refrigeration
—friends and family who actually ENJOY the heat and are cheerful
—a cold shower, however brief
—the approach of Shabbat
—my cookie-baking, Democratic Sweetie



Today I am grateful for: 19 months ago

1. Weeds to pull and a yard to pull them in. (Sweetie’s)

2. Sleepy Sunday afternoons.

3. My sons, one of whom is dozing on the couch as I write this.

4. Nordic Walking Poles! My arms are a bit sore from yesterday, not too sore, just exactly right!

5. Pizza, which we will be having tonight to celebrate the end of Passover. (CHOMETZ!)



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