be grateful

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.

For everything around me, for who I am, for my mind and body, for sun, air and water, for being alive and continue to learn and never give up.

could have been pretty terrible whatwith all the unresolved stuff and possile awkwardness and missing loved ones far away. But friends, here and off 43T, sent emails and letters and gifts and plinked and chatted and skyped and superpoked and thought of me and lifted toasts both virtually and for real. And so the reality of this Christmas, though… somewhat blue and quiet and frustrating… was infinitely better than I had feared.

I’m so grateful for all the love and friendship and caring that has come my way this holiday season. People are good.

I am forever grateful. Words can’t describe how proud I am of my son and that I amazed at all the things he has accomplished.