Sohard

I’m grateful for SR friends like Least, who has been espousing the importance of gratitude for years and I’ve finally just started listening. Okay Least, you’re right. I need to start practicing this religiously.

1. I feel grateful for Least’s persistence
2. For another SR friend named Mac who has helped get me this far
3. For my family (my dog included!)
4. For my health
5. For my perseverance

I will update this list daily. It just might help to save my life.

least

Welcome to the Grat Pack! The great thing about gratitude is that it multiplies. The more you are grateful for, the more you find to be grateful for.

Glad to see you! Come here often.

Sohard

I will come here every day. Every single day. THANK YOU! 💛

least

This is a great article about the value of gratitude and how it can make you happier.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/o...pier.html?_r=0

Opivotal

Welcome to the Gratitude forum, Sohard.

Sohard

Thanks for the welcome!

Right now I’m grateful for

1. sober mornings
2. a job I love
3. my twin sister and My mom
4. that despite the past bumpy month, I’ve maintained my sobriety
5. for the knowledge that each bumpy time I make it through will give me more strength and fortitude for future bumpy times

least

I'm grateful that you joined us in Grats!

Fusion

I'm so pleased to read your new gratitude list thread, Sohard. Least is so, so very wise. I now write mine in a little pink journal-book, but when I first started last year, I wrote here, for accountability and because the people are really lovely and gave hope!

Sohard

Tatsy - I was actually thinking I'd buy myself a little journal-book, as you called it. Like you, though, I'm going to start here for the accountability and hope. I need all the help I can get.

Sohard

Evening gratitude list:

1. I'm grateful that the sun is out and it was a beautiful day.
2. I'm grateful for my new amazing dog trainer.
3. I'm grateful to live in a city I love.
4. I'm grateful to have such a wonderful home.
5. I'm grateful to have a balcony to read on.

Sohard

This morning, I’m grateful for

1. coffee
2. good books
3. my amazing family
4. comfy chairs
5. modern medicine

least

How's your doggie doing? You can be grateful for her. She's a sweetie. I've got a soft spot for beagles.

Sohard

they are THE BEST. She is doing great. She’s come a long way in the year I’ve had her. 💛

Sohard

Evening gratitude list:

1. I'm grateful for my car. I love that thing.
2. I’m grateful for having a great direct supervisor at work.
3. I’m grateful for summer.
4. I’m grateful for photos.
5. I’m grateful for time.

Sohard

This morning I am grateful for
1. Wisdom
2. education
3. Different countries and cultures
4. my mom and dad
5. childhood memories
6. My grandfather

Sohard

Evening gratitude list:

1. I'm grateful for chocolate milk and Oreos.
2. I grateful for having seen the prettiest sunrise ever.
3. I’m grateful for bikes (beach cruiser style).
4. I’m grateful for grills and cookouts.
5. I’m grateful for salt water.

Sohard

This morning, I’m grateful for

1. hope
2. random, wonderful encounters
3. color
4. turtleneck sweaters
5. side splitting laughter

least

Give your sweet doggie a treat from me.

Sohard

I will! I forgot to tell you...she was attacked by two pit bulls about a week and a half ago. THANK GOD she had on a heavy duty (bc she used to be an escape artist) harness that literally saved her life. It was horrific, but she is just fine. The shocking thing is she escaped from their clutches after they tore the harness from her, and then she went sprinting to the dog park fence. I have absolutely no clue how, but she got herself under the wire and saved herself. I tried to climb the fence (no luck at all) and then sprinted barefoot to the fence door (I’d been wearing flip flops!) on the opposite side of the park, which is about the size of a soccer field. Amazingly, my dog ran alongside the opposite side of the fence with me, even though the pit bulls were running with me too!, rather than flee panicked into the woods. I couldn’t believe she didn’t leave me despite being so scared and bitten and also all scratched up by the fence. By the time I got to the fence door, I started kicking the pit bulls when their owner finally got to us and jumped in along with some other folks. It was a true nightmare. But they got the dogs under control, I opened the door and bent down on the ground, and there was my little pup shivering and waiting for me. We were so, so, so lucky.

Ironically, multiple people mentioned that afternoon how I had to go home and get a large drink (the animal control man we called, the veterinary’s assistant, etc.). Actually, though, there’s no way I would’ve been able to handle any of it, before during or after, if I’d been hung over or drinking.

Sohard

Evening gratitude list.

1. I’m grateful for screened porches.
2. I’m grateful for teamwork.
3. I’m grateful for dog harnesses.