To nurture and develop an attitude of gratitude by naming five things that I am thankful for on a daily basis

pretty day out
fun talk with a guest who graduated from high school same year as I
kids are now home again…big daughter and mom are getting along right now
looking forward to some starbucks time tomorrow
my little one is reading like crazy nowdays…yea for her
q.t. with the old dog while the fam was gone

made it to work on time
sometimes it’s nice to have the house to myself
bing crosby singing “counting my blessings”
stevie nicks singing “landslide”
the fact that the recipe for making lemonade is easy and we all can do it…we all simply have to choose to do it

saw dark shadows…fun movie…really true to the original but also original unto itself
found out my older daughter is singing a solo in the next choir concert
nice and easy chicken teriyaki dinner
thought about going out for a drink tonight and came to the realization that i really don’t want to drink
had the bed to myself tonight

i have a new meditation plan that focuses strictly on breathing…i count out 30 items and then move one item from one pile to the other at the beginning of each b reath and that way i don’t have to count the breaths…once i finish, i stay in meditation until i am ready to finish…this seems to work really well…the next time i will also begin with surveying my body prior to beginning the 30 and I will find a better object for the thirty (this is almost like a rosary)
zumba songs just keep running around my brain
made a really good spinach and green bean casserole
bought enough food that i don’t need to go back out again tomorrow
read a 340 page book in two days (i did take time out to eat, go to the bathroom, get interrupted by family)

i’ve got great children and a wife who tries hard to make things work with them
sobe lifewater (black and blue berry)
sore yoga muscles
the value of the church in helping people to feel good about themselves
the fact that i was raised in a family where the story was carried down through the generations that we are worthy of love…this should be the case for all peoples and all families but i am afraid that it is not

good day at work…successful banquet
enjoying my reading on yoga again
great to be home after a long day
great to have daily routines even on those days that i’m so much into them
feeling that i’m on the right track even though i will probably jump off a few times

thanks to all of those who gave their lives in war
thanks to all of those who gave their lives in the pursuit of peace: gandhi, king jr., bonhoeffer
all went well at work today
the puget sound
springtime

nice bright ties that look very metro
not being afraid to look metro
regular customers, the ones who are not taxing but fun to be around
the dragon tattoo trilogy
getting caught up in a really really good book

the long and wondeful career of andy griffith
natasha bedingfield has so much natural soul and rhythm and she is gorgeous and creative
work was a breeze today
got home early
got my nook fixed

my relationship with my older daughter
watching selena with my younger daughter
i was still able to get a walk together today
got everything done on my home chores checklist
got my older daughter some help for some of the issues that she has been confronting