practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically

I am grateful for:

- Living the life I want to live
- Being single, and FREE, and able to do what I want
- Having supportive friends and family
- The thrill of doing something secret and unconventional…
- Discovering new things about myself
- My awesome, amazing yoga course: I love being immersed in yoga the way I have been (and will continue to be for the next 6 months!)
- My boring, uncreative, paper-pushing government job. For all my complaining, it is a job, and a good one, and it provides me with a regular paycheque, which is a lot more than some people have.

I am grateful for:

- my awesome, amazing Yoga Teacher Training. Weekend 1 is amazing so far, and the people I am surrounded by are so inspiring!
- being surrounded by loving friends as we say goodbye to an old friend who died suddenly and too soon, at 27.
- the sun shining on my face
- life, laughter, friendships and family
- a quiet Saturday night

I am grateful for:

- the delicious Tarte Provençale I made yesterday morning for brunch, and having the French pastry dough turn out phenomenally delicious
- sunshine and blue skies for a week straight
- trivia night at a local pub, even if my team lost miserably
- spending almost the whole weekend in the market, going to the art gallery, writing at an outdoor cafe and feeling like the world is perfect
- being able to run, even though I hate training for the 5K right now

I am grateful for:

- A 21-day Buddhist retreat in the south of France: what better way to spend the month of June?
- 8 days in beautiful Barcelona and falling in love with yet another city
- a new job that, although boring, affords me plenty of quiet time, learning opportunities, experience, and of course, great pay
- exciting, fulfilling life dreams
- the awareness that I have a beautiful life, and some beautiful people to share it with!
- the best roommate ever :)
- the cutest cat ever (though he’s terribly antisocial)
- getting to spend Monday nights with my grandmother, keeping her company during her dialysis. I look forward to it every week; even though it means a super long day for me, it’s some beautiful quality time and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!

I am grateful for:

-Moksha every day. Hot, steaming, wonderful yoga! It soothes my body and relaxes my mind.
-an extra loooong weekend: four days off in a row, work tomorrow, then a mini getaway and Wednesday off to stroll in old Montreal and practice street photography! Yay! :)
-good food all weekend and lots of time spent with friends
-sunshine coming in through my apartment windows, bathing everything in golden light

I am grateful for:

-getting to spend time with my best friend
-movies at the lovely ByTowne cinema :)
-the beautiful book I’m reading about the Dalai Lama
-motivation to sign up for Moksha’s 30-day hot yoga challenge
-a quiet apartment on a Saturday morning
-delicious Fleur de Geisha tea: green tea with cherry blossoms
-being happy
-being able to appreciate being alive
-warm rain! :) (sooo much better than snow… even though it’s supposed to snow later)

I am grateful for:

-a chance to interview for a very good job… even though it’s not what I really want :( I know there are lots of people who are struggling and who are looking for work, so I am grateful for the opportunity nonetheless
-a quiet evening
-having something to look forward to… 60 days until my retreat!
-the sun shining
-finally making conversation with the object of my work fantasies, even if it did lead to my finding out that he’s married.. I now have a new friend at work! :)
-laughter
-my adorable pets running amok all over the apartment

I am grateful for:

-Spending Earth Hour at the Moksha yoga studio practicing hot yoga by candlelight
-A Sunday morning meditation… and an afternoon at a yoga workshop (amazing!)
-the excitement that accompanies flirting with possibility
-getting swept up in the flow of great ideas and riding the wave
-starting (and loving!) the wonderful book a friend gave me for my birthday – it’s nice when someone knows you well
-getting to spend time with my best friend and making sure she’s alright :)
-finding peace, and tranquility in the midst of chaos
-life! with all its wonderful, unpredictable and humbling moments.

I am grateful for:

- having warm places to stop in, to warm up on my way to work this morning: the wind was blowing in my face, it was -25ºC, my eyes were watering and I was just miserable. But I stopped to warm up twice on my way to work, and for once I was glad to be walking past a bunch of office buildings on my way to work!
- friends who support me
- being able to plan an exciting trip in June
- living downtown :)
- realizing that daylight savings time begins in 6 days… one more sign of Spring!!

I am grateful for:

-celebrating March 1st with my family today (Spring!...sort of)
-my best friend, who loves me for who I am, accepts me unconditionally, supports me when I need it most, and who doesn’t judge me or the decisions I make. It’s really nice to have someone like that in my life.
-being able to love people unconditionally
-perspective
-quiet weekends
-making a delicious dinner, enjoying a glass of shiraz, and listening to Ray LaMontagne… a perfect way to end off a weekend!