Morning Gratitude Part 122
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Grateful we didn't get as much snow as predicted. MrH didn't even have to fire up his snow blower. I think he was disappinted. 
Grateful we're almost 1/2 way through March - soon there will be flowers & green stuff.
Grateful MrH is happily entertained by March Madness. (basketball)
Grateful for bright sunshine today.
Grateful for all the posts today.
Grateful we're almost 1/2 way through March - soon there will be flowers & green stuff.
Grateful MrH is happily entertained by March Madness. (basketball)
Grateful for bright sunshine today.
Grateful for all the posts today.
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Good Morning 🌞
Matt - welcome 😊
Alpine - sounds cozy with a fire and nice view, thinking of you today.
PS - yay for not over thinking. Hard to do!
NL - that sounds a lovely catchup. I can smell bread baking.
Zen - congrats on moving more and getting out of your comfort zone.
Fearless - good luck with your trip planning, I hope it turns out to be a wonderful vay-cay.
Turs - have fun on your camping trip.
Hev - glad the storm wasn't as severe as it could have been. Lovely that spring is on its way!
This morning I am grateful for:
- peace and tranquility.
- an uncomplicated life for the most part.
- our local "hardware" stores which are mega nursery/hardware/furniture warehouses. Does wear you out walking around them though 🤣.
- for another day, I'm sure it will be beautiful.
Best wishes to all ❤️.
Matt - welcome 😊
Alpine - sounds cozy with a fire and nice view, thinking of you today.
PS - yay for not over thinking. Hard to do!
NL - that sounds a lovely catchup. I can smell bread baking.
Zen - congrats on moving more and getting out of your comfort zone.
Fearless - good luck with your trip planning, I hope it turns out to be a wonderful vay-cay.
Turs - have fun on your camping trip.
Hev - glad the storm wasn't as severe as it could have been. Lovely that spring is on its way!
This morning I am grateful for:
- peace and tranquility.
- an uncomplicated life for the most part.
- our local "hardware" stores which are mega nursery/hardware/furniture warehouses. Does wear you out walking around them though 🤣.
- for another day, I'm sure it will be beautiful.
Best wishes to all ❤️.
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Welcome, Matt!
NL, you go, girl! I get satisfaction from that fix-it stuff too.
Alpine, so jelly about the fabric, can’t wait to see what your talented mind and hands produce 🤓♥️
Fearless, i wish I’d also learned spreadsheets—AND, the news, it’s all theater, I don’t watch 🫣🙈
CBS, ugh, on the 😺💩🤢
Zura, cool you are doing planting….
Zen, I had a bread maker for several years, now enjoy free style bread making.
PS, I think that being aware of ruminating is the first step, kind of like the AV, and then we can switch gears…..lovely!
Turps, feel you on breaking free from the therapy, and the ambiguous feeling of feeling ok, and the guilt that comes simultaneously with it. I believe Mr T would be smiling, he would want you to be on this path, I’m sure. No problem testing out your wings, I’m sure the therapist will be glad to have you back if you need it.
Hello, FBL
Jack? Hope all is well.
NL, you go, girl! I get satisfaction from that fix-it stuff too.
Alpine, so jelly about the fabric, can’t wait to see what your talented mind and hands produce 🤓♥️
Fearless, i wish I’d also learned spreadsheets—AND, the news, it’s all theater, I don’t watch 🫣🙈
CBS, ugh, on the 😺💩🤢
Zura, cool you are doing planting….
Zen, I had a bread maker for several years, now enjoy free style bread making.
PS, I think that being aware of ruminating is the first step, kind of like the AV, and then we can switch gears…..lovely!
Turps, feel you on breaking free from the therapy, and the ambiguous feeling of feeling ok, and the guilt that comes simultaneously with it. I believe Mr T would be smiling, he would want you to be on this path, I’m sure. No problem testing out your wings, I’m sure the therapist will be glad to have you back if you need it.
Hello, FBL
Jack? Hope all is well.
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Grateful
-that only one of the ships four engines broke
-that only three of our eight ports have been missed
-that the Tasman sea is just rough and not dangerous
-for coffee
-for downloading books before the trip
-for attending a sewing group yesterday on board, learned mid evil tapestry technique.
-for a good workout yesterday on the ship
-for sleeping like a baby and not puking
-that only one of the ships four engines broke
-that only three of our eight ports have been missed
-that the Tasman sea is just rough and not dangerous
-for coffee
-for downloading books before the trip
-for attending a sewing group yesterday on board, learned mid evil tapestry technique.
-for a good workout yesterday on the ship
-for sleeping like a baby and not puking
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Ah darn. I was trying to post an image of this beautiful poem I saw by Becky Helmsley but it’s too small to read and blurry when you click it. Anyway, it’s called breathe. I am so grateful I came across this poem. It’s about being true to yourself ❤️
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I am grateful for the fact that, despite over sixty years of highly questionable and at times extreme drinking, I am still operative and capable of seeing the immense dangers inherent in the use of this highly toxic drug.....It could well have killed me.
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Grateful I kind of slept
Grateful to have day one of radiation completed
NL, you amaze me with all of your fix it tasks
Free, happy to hear you learned a new sewing skill
Grateful for a nice quiet morning as I sit here with my coffee
Grateful for the quilt I made several years ago, it is on my lap right now
Grateful for my determination and focus during this challenging time I am going through.
Grateful for all of you
Grateful to have day one of radiation completed
NL, you amaze me with all of your fix it tasks
Free, happy to hear you learned a new sewing skill
Grateful for a nice quiet morning as I sit here with my coffee
Grateful for the quilt I made several years ago, it is on my lap right now
Grateful for my determination and focus during this challenging time I am going through.
Grateful for all of you
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Coming in really quick, but Fearless - this is what I needed to hear this morning!! Thank you so much for sharing it. 
Breathe
She sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,
When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,
They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,
So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,
She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
And she told them what she'd been told time after time,
She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her,
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.
Breathe
She sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,
When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,
They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,
So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,
She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
And she told them what she'd been told time after time,
She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her,
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.
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Bubovski, glad you are here and that the toxic drug is not winning.
Fearless (with assist from PS) thanks for sharing the poem.
Alpine, oh i wish there was some way to just fast forward through the toughest spots. Will be thinking of you every day.
Hi everybody else! Everything else fell out of my brain.
Grateful
-for this line in the codependency reader. “Negativity empowers the problem.” It was all about focusing on positive energy, not negativity and self sabotage and was just what I needed. In the middle of the night worry fest I finally decided to just try on acting as if I was someone who thought things and people would be ok. It helped some. We spend so much energy (or I do at least) tearing ourselves down. For me I think it causes stress to the point that it inhibits and could even shorten my life, or at least the quality of it. Hopeful I can replace some negative thinking on the path to a better life.
-my book on long term happiness (The Good Life). Still working my way through it.
- therapy later today
- a friend coming to visit this weekend
- having (and hopefully actually taking) tomorrow afternoon off
- that i am almost to the one year mark and past the profound loneliness I was feeling last year as I was telling my family about the impending divorce and still drinking
- for people (and trees) who hold space for us and whatever we are thinking and feeling
Fearless (with assist from PS) thanks for sharing the poem.
Alpine, oh i wish there was some way to just fast forward through the toughest spots. Will be thinking of you every day.
Hi everybody else! Everything else fell out of my brain.
Grateful
-for this line in the codependency reader. “Negativity empowers the problem.” It was all about focusing on positive energy, not negativity and self sabotage and was just what I needed. In the middle of the night worry fest I finally decided to just try on acting as if I was someone who thought things and people would be ok. It helped some. We spend so much energy (or I do at least) tearing ourselves down. For me I think it causes stress to the point that it inhibits and could even shorten my life, or at least the quality of it. Hopeful I can replace some negative thinking on the path to a better life.
-my book on long term happiness (The Good Life). Still working my way through it.
- therapy later today
- a friend coming to visit this weekend
- having (and hopefully actually taking) tomorrow afternoon off
- that i am almost to the one year mark and past the profound loneliness I was feeling last year as I was telling my family about the impending divorce and still drinking
- for people (and trees) who hold space for us and whatever we are thinking and feeling
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Fear-- good luck with your cool vacation plans. 4 state journey is got to be a great sightseeing trip.
Turs-- have fun camping.
Hevyn -- march madness is a spectacle for sure,
Matt--Welcome to the grat pack
Zura-- you happy grower makes me smile. I get lost in big box hardware garden stores with my ADD. Too many shiney things I'm compelled to look at
Bubovski--surviving addiction is no easy task. glad you are here with us.
Alpine--coffee quite time is the best. You can do hard things
Hi--Palmer
Numb-- 1 year sober here soon. wonderful. Low self-worth is a spirit crusher. Negative talk = negative self image. I'm encouraged that you will change all that and have an abundance of self-love that you can give some away to others.
Grateful--
--breath poem. I'm going to copy and paste in my SR journal. Thank-you for sharing it.
--Maybe a rain break in the weather.
--to follow/practice a healing path with heart.
--inspiration from the GP & SR in general. You all rock
--the kooky people here at senior manor. Just WOW! somedays
--to laugh at myself and to be a amature comedian in training. Too bad my material in not so good. We have to dream do we not
Turs-- have fun camping.
Hevyn -- march madness is a spectacle for sure,
Matt--Welcome to the grat pack
Zura-- you happy grower makes me smile. I get lost in big box hardware garden stores with my ADD. Too many shiney things I'm compelled to look at
Bubovski--surviving addiction is no easy task. glad you are here with us.
Alpine--coffee quite time is the best. You can do hard things
Hi--Palmer
Numb-- 1 year sober here soon.
wonderful. Low self-worth is a spirit crusher. Negative talk = negative self image. I'm encouraged that you will change all that and have an abundance of self-love that you can give some away to others.Grateful--
--breath poem. I'm going to copy and paste in my SR journal. Thank-you for sharing it.
--Maybe a rain break in the weather.
--to follow/practice a healing path with heart.
--inspiration from the GP & SR in general. You all rock
--the kooky people here at senior manor. Just WOW! somedays
--to laugh at myself and to be a amature comedian in training. Too bad my material in not so good. We have to dream do we not
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Alpine, lol on your pics and memes. Grateful for your determination and inspiration during this time!
PS, Thanks for resharing the poem so it can be read. So glad others found it inspiring as I did
Turps, enjoy the camping
Free, I might rethink a cruise in that part of the world. Lol. Stay strong and get back safe!
This is a drive by grat for me too. I have a meeting with my coach in 45 and need to prepare myself 😊
Grateful for all of you, our friendship and for unfiltered sharing
PS, Thanks for resharing the poem so it can be read. So glad others found it inspiring as I did
Turps, enjoy the camping
Free, I might rethink a cruise in that part of the world. Lol. Stay strong and get back safe!
This is a drive by grat for me too. I have a meeting with my coach in 45 and need to prepare myself 😊
Grateful for all of you, our friendship and for unfiltered sharing
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Bub - Me too - well, in my case a mere 30 yrs. of drinking. 
Nice to see you here.
Palmer - Thanks for posting Fearless's poem - I was just about to look it up.
Fearless - I saw that poem somewhere a few months ago & meant to copy it - but forgot. I'm so glad you posted it. I know many who need to read it.
Alpine - Ha! These days, I'd be the Engineering guy. Grateful you kind of slept - hard to wind down from that.
NL - I'm so glad you aren't where you were a year ago.
Grateful for bright sun - it's as if the snow never happened. I see green stuff.
Grateful I did our taxes & we don't owe. I usually wait until last minute.
Grateful to realize I'm a hypocrite at times. Need to work on that.
Love to you!
Nice to see you here.Palmer - Thanks for posting Fearless's poem - I was just about to look it up.
Fearless - I saw that poem somewhere a few months ago & meant to copy it - but forgot. I'm so glad you posted it. I know many who need to read it.
Alpine - Ha! These days, I'd be the Engineering guy.
Grateful you kind of slept - hard to wind down from that.NL - I'm so glad you aren't where you were a year ago.
Grateful for bright sun - it's as if the snow never happened. I see green stuff.
Grateful I did our taxes & we don't owe. I usually wait until last minute.
Grateful to realize I'm a hypocrite at times. Need to work on that.
Love to you!
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Good Morning 🌞
Free - learning a new tapestry technique learning sounds great, what a great activity to have onboard.
Bubovski - it's a wonderful accomplishment to overcome addiction, so glad you made it through.
Alpine - so glad you have the quilt you made to comfort and warm you. Thinking of you.
PS - had the funniest image of you racing around, feet on fire, coming in hot 🤣.
NL - those books sound great they you are reading. So glad you are looking after yourself so well.
Zen - haha ive tamed my inner ADD (attention decifiet demon) at the store. I go there with a list, ordered by aisle number to ensure the quickest and less browsy path through..... and am NOT allowed to look at and definetely not purchase anything not on the list 🤣 It's harder at home, working on many different projects at once. They are my equivalent of a shiny new object....oooh that needs doing.....hang on....I was doing something else 🤦.
Fearless - my bad, it was you who posted the poem 🤦. Thank it is wonderful!
Hev - so relieved for you to have gotten your tax out of the way. That saying "nothing is certain except death and taxes".....I'm pretty certain it's the doing of taxes that leads to the death 🤣. Ironically I scored very, very high in the accountancy component of the uni course I did...could have been an accountant....but my soul said no.
This morning I am grateful for:
- dragging my son to help with picking up something I can't manage myself, even if he is a total PIA about it, we get the job done 🤣.
- that my indoor herb and microgreen station is coming along nicely and it looks so pretty 🥰.
- that the garden is still giving me lots of goodies.
Best wishes to all ❤️.
Free - learning a new tapestry technique learning sounds great, what a great activity to have onboard.
Bubovski - it's a wonderful accomplishment to overcome addiction, so glad you made it through.
Alpine - so glad you have the quilt you made to comfort and warm you. Thinking of you.
PS - had the funniest image of you racing around, feet on fire, coming in hot 🤣.
NL - those books sound great they you are reading. So glad you are looking after yourself so well.
Zen - haha ive tamed my inner ADD (attention decifiet demon) at the store. I go there with a list, ordered by aisle number to ensure the quickest and less browsy path through..... and am NOT allowed to look at and definetely not purchase anything not on the list 🤣 It's harder at home, working on many different projects at once. They are my equivalent of a shiny new object....oooh that needs doing.....hang on....I was doing something else 🤦.
Fearless - my bad, it was you who posted the poem 🤦. Thank it is wonderful!
Hev - so relieved for you to have gotten your tax out of the way. That saying "nothing is certain except death and taxes".....I'm pretty certain it's the doing of taxes that leads to the death 🤣. Ironically I scored very, very high in the accountancy component of the uni course I did...could have been an accountant....but my soul said no.
This morning I am grateful for:
- dragging my son to help with picking up something I can't manage myself, even if he is a total PIA about it, we get the job done 🤣.
- that my indoor herb and microgreen station is coming along nicely and it looks so pretty 🥰.
- that the garden is still giving me lots of goodies.
Best wishes to all ❤️.
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