Practice Gratitude Daily

1. Rocking so hard the other day
2. Classes today were A-OK
3. Tomorrow is a surprise day off
4. Shinzen Young’s meditation material is incredible
5. Getting to play out of a Marshall stack and playing LOUD
6. Grapefruits
7. Playing with kindergarteners. Possibly the thing I will miss most when I eventually have to leave this island.

1. Getting to go to the secret girl’s party last night!
2. Having an awesome jam last night
3. Getting a free ride on the ferry with a car today
4. Being sick so I could get my house in the amazing condition it’s in now
5. Going to the movie yesterday
6. A jam-packed day today with a story contest and rock show
7. pictures of my friends and family everywhere

1. Shinzen Young, and how clearly he described meditation
2. Sayaka always happy
3. Good lunch
4. Kyoto sensei being such a nice guy
5. Nice text message from kaori
6. Awesome guitar time

1. Being good at stuff
2. Creative bursts last night
3. Rain all night
4. Fun jam session – Harry is so good
5. Incredible stewed chicken last night, cooked by “going with my gut” ingredients

1. Cold medicine
2. Fun bball games last night
3. Sugarblood
4. Getting to play drums loud yesterday
5. Cool rainy weather as a relief from the heat
6. Itochan’s english lesson yesterday

1. Incredible yoga session
2. Enjoying a drive around the island this morning
3. The space opening up in my life recently, manifesting as a cleaner, uncluttered, and more spacious home environment and appearance
4. Nice haircut
5. Saba Moshe
6. Booked flights last night to Tokyo and Chicago
7. Waking up before 6am with lots of energy
8. Getting to play with kids all day today, and knowing it’s going to be some good classes
9. Air conditioning and cheap electric bills (relatively)
10. Lots of opportunity to recycle here

1. Nice plans for next month
2. Midday nap
3. Lawn taken care of
4. hit buzzer beater 3 pointer last night
5. no junk mail on phone for past hour
6. 5 people in convo class
7. No bullshit with superiors in my work environment

1. Getting to go on a little trip
2. It didn’t rain so my laundry was dry
3. Having the awareness / strength last night to stay away from behavior that would have put me further from my goals.
4. Being healthy and my knees feeling good recently
5. message from jp
6. it was dry enough last night for my laundry to dry
7. i can drive to the ferry port today
8. I had a chance to help clean the school grounds yesterday
9. Saw a good movie last night
10. Nozomi is coming back and I’m excited about it

1. Having whatever it is that I have that has caused me to follow through with my dietary goals this week.
2. Having a 4-day weekend to rest starting tomorrow.
3. The beautiful walk I had last night and the feeling of being alive.
4. The speed with which my book came in the mail, and the enjoyment I got out of giving it as a gift.
5. My mother and father always look out for me.
6. The sense of understanding (lack of confusion) about life that came from the meditation retreat last year, and the opportunity to go even deeper in August.
7. Cliff gave me a car to use on the island.
8. The opportunity to be part of a different world for a while.
9. Sayaka Sensei always being there to joke around with in the morning.
10. Itono and her sensitivity to others.
11. The chance to play live shows in Japan.
12. The feeling of being on a mission that I haven’t felt for a long time.
13. Having enough money to do pretty much whatever I want.
14. Realizing that my desire to be a famous musician has almost completely dissolved, being OK with it, and still playing music just for the enjoyment of it.
15. They have Florida grapefruits on this tiny Japanese island.
16. Lots of time with nothing to do except what I make up to do.
17. The 4th grade kids that sang so great yesterday.
18. Being able to observe my tendency to internalize and overanalyze infatuations, and let it dissolve without causing too much suffering.
19. I know yoga
20. There is fast internet out here.
21. I really get inspiration from the calmness and wisdom of Barack Obama during difficult situations, and I’m grateful that he is a leader in the world.
22. School lunches
23. Knowing how to cook
24. Getting to play some surprise soft tennis this morning.
25. My computer is awesome
26. My guitar is awesome
27. My car is extremely fuel efficient
28. My amp is awesome
29. Relaxation massages
30. Yuichiro lives here
31. The future is unknown and anything is possible
32. Youtube has videos of great spiritual speakers
33. Glosoli is such a beautiful song
34. I learned that in certain circumstances, I can be attracted to someone who isn’t attractive by the standards I was indocrinated with growing up.
35. Naoto is cool to work with, never any problems
36. I never have any desire to use tobacco
37. Rino 911
38. Reina
39. Nana was nervous talking to me today
40. Great lunch despite me thinking it would suck.