be grateful

I want to appreciate and be grateful for everything I have. I want to be truly thankful for the blessings I have in my life. I want to always be thankful, and stop complaining about how I never have enough and nothing is ever good enough. I want to focus on what I do have, instead of what I don’t have. I want to be a better person.

43 things, change, daimoku, being smart and quick, the elementary school that I went to, my creativity, Hayao Miyazaki, honesty, my growing ability to be more honest everywhere I go, growth, yoga, a positive outlook on life, patience, parents, concern from my parents, love, my boyfriend who loves me more than I may even deserve, the desire to be better, the brains to become better, planning, the NYPL, people in my life who will take care of a mouse that I trapped or a bug I don’t want to kill, email for constant communication with boyfriend while he’s away, trust, garlic, spaghetti, good food, muffins, the Wellness Workbook, www.takebackyourbrain.com, the internet for widening my scope in life, blogs, my internship, all the creativity in the world

I want to be in a “constant” state of gratitude….

my mother
alive at 81

mad poets who shout at the sky
spilling their guts

air conditioning
and real breezes

friends i have met
friends i have not yet met

delightful disorganization:
books all over my floor

ancient scotch whisky
shared with a friend

I am grateful for the many friends I have, that for whatever reason today I got back on this wonderful website and that I am not pregnant with my FWB’s baby! YAY!

I’ve started keeping a Gratitude Diary. I never realized just how many great things are happening everyday in my life!

Right now I’m grateful for:

1. Still being able to play the violin as well as two weeks ago, although I haven’t practiced all that time.
2. Having friends that want to see me.
3. Being able to find great clothes at the thrift store.
4. My mother who lent me some money but didn’t need to get all of it back.
5. Having an appetite again, which I didn’t have for a few years.
6. Being able to fall asleep and get up early so much better than I used to.
7. Being able to always find what I need on the internet.

I have what’s called a Gratuity Book from The Secret. I try and fill it out every morning with things i am grateful for and my grateful intentions.
Things I am grateful for today:
This beautiful weather – I’ve been waiting for the sun!
My fiance and all of the love and support he shows me everyday
My friends and how much fun we have together
The health and happiness of all my family
I am most grateful for TODAY

If you only ever notice the things you don’t have…..you will never truly see the things you do have.

Laugh lots, kiss slowly, and enjoy every minute of life!

Be grateful!

but i don’t always appreciate things that i have. instead, i look to improving my situation – because i’ve been conditioned to do so or i’ve been comparing myself to others. i need to be more grateful and take advantage of everything around me.

I try to be grateful every day and to share that gratitude with others. It is curious that I’ll hear people say, “thank you” or “I appreciate it” but seldom do I hear people use the word gratitude. It is such a powerful word.

I used it with a friend the other day at lunch. I took her by the hand, looked her in the eye and told her that I was grateful for what she’d done for me. It brought her to tears.

We so seldom express our feelings to others: people are empty vessels aching to hear our words of gratitude.

Things for which I am grateful:
- My children whom I love more than life
- Good conversation with friends.
- People who are not like me.
- Poetry.
- Veal stock.