Gratitude Post Day 3
Today I’m grateful for:
- My car. I sometimes take for granted the mobility I have. Whether it’s errands, work, or time with people I care about, Sydney gets me there.
- Pluto in Retrograde. I’ve been studying astrology more lately and realized Pluto has been in retrograde since April. What that means in general, and how it applies to my own life, has been interesting to examine. I’m grateful for all the lessons that has represented.
- Accessible grocery stores. I went shopping today and needed some very specific ingredients. An Asian grocery near my post office had a hard to find spice blend, and Wegmans came through for me again. They didn’t have what I wanted on the shelf and I was prepared to just go to the other one (two Wegmans, equal distances from home apart, one has to be grateful for that!). The checkout person asked if I found everything, I explained my situation, and they tracked the product down – saving me a trip. I expressed gratitude at the time but it bears repeating. As we help, so are we helped.
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Gratitude Post Day 2
Today I’m grateful for:
- My job. it was literally days after I started my gratitude journal last year that I got a blind call from a guy in Denver who was working with an American division of a German company with an office 30 minutes from me. I seriously wouldn’t trade this job for anything – long hours and stress are part of it – but gratitude and appreciation abound too.
- Helpful people at CVS. It’s allergy season, and my meds are on backorder – but I had the presence of mind to suggest an alternative they could accommodate. Yay breathing!
- Self-worth. I existed a long, long time without much of it. If you respect yourself it’s a lot easier to let good things happen in your life.
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Gratitude Post Day 1
Today I’m grateful for the following:
- My friends, family, and chosen family. Your love, faith, and support have made the bright days brighter and then dark ones bearable. Thank you for helping me see that beauty in the little things.
- The Universe. That means a lot of things to a lot of people, but for me it’s the totality of The All. From the lessons, big and small, to the gifts of every day – You have taught me the power of gratitude.
- Music. Which has opened doors, prompted lasting friendships, and has provided both a brilliant soundtrack and the rhythm to carry me through.
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Mercury
In March of this year many things in my life changed, seemingly irrevocably. While I know that I precipitated much of the difficulty, I still felt like the facts and context weren’t clear, and I felt compelled to set the record straight.
That compulsion lasted about 48 hours – then I got an unmistakable message from the Universe to “sit down and shut up”. This took on the feeling of the scene in the first Austin Powers movie where Dr. Evil tries to silence his son Scott. Zip it…
So I sat down, and I shut up, but I decided that I’d wait a lunar cycle and then stand back up again – and that my forum would be this blog.
Again, the universe had different ideas.
Now it’s June. We’re three lunar cycles removed from those dark, early days and I find I’m surprisingly content in my relative silence. My story is being told without need for my words – and I’m actually fine with that.
But the blog needs to be here – the redesign is something I’m proud of, and the mission is something I believe in – but it’s simply not time to delve into deeper personal truths yet.
So I liken this to America’s space program in the early 1960s. First there will be short sub-orbital flights to make sure the basic systems work; later we’ll add more advanced features before finally we’re able to leave orbit and explore the nature of this Universe.
Fitting then that Mercury was the first manned NASA program, that Mercury is the messenger god, and that Mercury goes retrograde this coming Saturday.
The Universe is urging me to find stillness – so be it. I’ll post back here again when waiting is filled.
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Waking…
“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Everything
“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
Rumi
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Alive
“Because you are alive, everything is possible.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Ignore
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
Rumi
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Joy
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Tenderness and gratitude
I read this quote today and it stopped me in my tracks:
“Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep…feel it all – look around you- all of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.”
~ Amelia Olson via hellogiggles.com
To get into the hows and whys of the significance is more than I care to do right now. It feels like everything is in a state of flux – but I want to hold this space, and I want to remember this.
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