Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

1. I saw a couple for the first time today, and they came in with almost no hope for their marriage. At the end of the session, after a lot of hard work, she reached over and took his hand and their eyes filled with tears. I’m grateful to witness moments like this.

2. Subway sandwiches :)

3. The gym, as usual.

4. Coming up with a better plot idea and characters for my novel.

5. My friend-colleagues.

1. Being single again – looking forward to the future like it’s a gift-wrapped present.

2. My therapist

3. New highlights!/my hairdresser

4. Coming up with a new system at work that will give me lots of free time on the weekends

5. Nano starts in 2 days!

1. N’s good, good spirit.

2. Capitalism: A Love Story, and Michael Moore’s courage in the face of cruelty and hate.

3. C’s boisterousness and love of life.

4. The flickering light of candles.

5. My new “after dark” playlist on my mp3 player – beautiful, soothing music.

1. Pats win 59-0!

2. Tailgating at the UConn game.

3. Plenty of time to myself.

4. Cold outside, warm and smelling of pumpkin and roasted chicken inside.

5. Love.

1. That I think I’ve figured out what will make me happy in my quasi-relationship. And I asked for it. This is huge.

2. Haagen Dazs “Five” ice cream

3. Takeout ravioli

4. Having 90 minutes of quiet today at work to get some projects done

5. Being home alone all night tonight.

1. The smell of fresh clean clothes

2. My autonomy

3. The gym

4. Coffee

5. Waking up to another chance to get it right

1. The tree I can see from my kitchen window: Fiery fall colors.

2. The deliciousness of my Autumn Leaves Yankee Candle candle.

3. My new office suite. Being able to say the words “my new office suite.”

4. Not having to be at my new office suite until 11 this morning.

5. Coffee. Always coffee.

1. My independence, and my ability to realize what a precious gift it would be to give it up to someone else.

2. My friend K in Arizona for being so fiercely on my side.

3. The IBR program. www.ibrinfo.org Thank you for giving me back my life.

4. That it only takes one beer to give me a little warm buzz.

5. Long weekends.

1. Taking my healthy body to the gym

2. My Zune and all my great music

3. My flexible schedule

4. Attention

5. Connections

1. A quiet house

2. The possibility of a new relationship – a grownup, healthy one.

3. The rain watering my new grass (this is a hard one to be grateful for as we’ve had weeks of rain, but I’m trying!)

4. The flexibility in my schedule

5. My new Blackberry