Practice Gratitude

the people in my life
the people who pass into & out of my life unnoticed
my healthy body
your body
my healthy mind
your somewhat debilitated mind? (only joking)
the food on my table
the food on YOUR table
friendship
that’s a start

I heard somewhere that the Lakota believe that people who are grieving are more powerful, & have access to the spirit world, so people ask them to pray for them.

I love the image. It means that the community comes to you when you are low & you are able to GIVE to them—from a place where we often expect nothing of you. I love the image as I believe it would be likely to shift the experience of grief…

I wish I had solid references or some way to check what I’ve heard w/ some “facts”.

I am grateful then, for this idea, true or no. I am inspired, & recognizing that even from my bad mood, I can reach out to others and offer something of myself.

there is something really whole-circle good about noticing where I am gifted—in sitting w/ a friend in ‘crisis’ I find I move more into my heart & more into groundedness & soon I don’t know who is giving & who is receiving.

I am grateful to be in this position of not knowing!

gratitude for my work companion. somehow, even in her darkest hours, I am clear that she is part of what makes work doable for me. so sad to see her go.

I think I haven’t been really noticing all the many places where I am gifted.

I ENJOY the the places where people gift me in time & energy & love & I don’t always share with them how meaningful it is to me.

I would like to express more frequently.

renewing/reaffirming this intention.

recognizing others for their contributions is such sweet food for ME!
gift economy - ooh, gift economy feels so sweet!!!
greatful for vulnerability that lets me witness another person’s pain, and transformation of that pain…

having a car available to me on this soggy rainy day when I don’t really wanna go to work.

podcasts
jokes, even in mourning

+ a blossoming friendship w/ a colleague through shared experience of life-drama

+ the realization that it might not be the life-drama that’s making it hard for me to sit, - but maybe the fact that I’ve had a cup of coffee everyday since it happened, & /this/ might be what’s making me feel restless - this seems way more solveable than waiting for my emotions to chill before I can sit w/o bouncing off the cushion.

+ sleep that creates rest

drama happens, we gather together & our humanity comes out.