Gratitude

JUST THREE THINGS

Acknowledging gratitude for what you already have is a force which opens doors to immeasurable happiness

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

1. Waking up and into an important conversation with my husband.

2. Meeting an interesting person who offers information I’ve been searching for unsuccessfully online.

3. The flexibility to forego morning yoga for something better at that moment.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

                   1. Waking up to less pain in my knee after yesterday’s treatment

                   2. Celebrating my special person’s special day

                   3. Toast with melty peanut butter on it for breakfast

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

  1. Yoga
  2. Discovering new authors
  3. Flexibility – of mind and body

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

  1. Having my breath handy for calming and grounding.
  2. My friend, Denise, whose visits always mean hours of delicious schmoozing.
  3. Watching the dozens of birds who always keep their appointment for breakfast in our backyard.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

  1. Waking up from the trance of ego.
  2. My granddaughter, Zohar’s, funny voice in my thoughts.
  3. Gershon’s clean bill of health

Sundy, November 25, 2012

  1. Gaiam TV online and all the great information, clips and stories there.
  2. The people who clean my house.
  3. Yoga

Tuesday, March 24, 2012

  1. Surprising lovely wild flowers blooming in my back yard
  2. My yoga group’s first “grandbaby”
  3. Wonderful traveling adventures…still fun after all these years

Monday, September 26, 2011

  1. Enjoying my own company
  2. Growing calmer and more peaceful
  3. Being involved in my granddaughters’ lives

Sunday, June  26, 2011 

  1. Mind-bogglingly talented people like Bob Dylan
  2. Green beans coming up after re-planting for the third time
  3. Running water in the house and a great shower.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

  1. Living in a country where it’s still only a matter of hours from the fruit tree to my table
  2. Sharing lunch with my younger son once a week
  3. Good friends

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

  1. realizing, hey!, I like who I am
  2. meeting new, interesting women
  3. having children who are having children

Monday, May 16, 2011

  1. the annual silent meditation retreat
  2. a good friend to join me on my morning walk
  3. finishing a project with plenty of time before the deadline

Friday, May 6, 2011 

  1. seeing spinach shoots coming up in my garden
  2. all the knowledge at my fingertips on the internet
  3. bookmooch.com
Monday, May 2, 2011
  1. talking to people  about ideas and not people
  2. not living during the Holocaust
  3. being born in a Western country in the 20th century
 
Thursday, April 28, 2011
  1. getting into a bed with freshly changed sheets
  2. the “broken” electricity fuse from last night being miraculously in working order this morning
  3. freshly ground morning coffee
 
Friday, April 22, 2011
  1. a husband who’s happy to massage the tightness out of my shoulders first thing in the morning
  2. waking up…again
  3. bringing my almost-4-year-old granddaughter her first bicycle
 
Monday, April 18, 2011
  1. seeing an elderly neighbor standing with his dog, chatting with a 10-year-old boy sitting on a bench surrounded by his two dogs
  2. feeling the tightness of my heart ease looking around me at the undeveloped nature between my village and the nearby mountain…and breathing deeply.
  3. thinking of how an acquaintance limps and how slowly she walks and feeling so happy that my body parts work. 

 

Friday, March 31

1. Loving the flexibility of yoga

2. Feeling refreshed in the shower after la full day of walking in the humid heat of southern India

3. Settling in to read a good book 

 

 

Leave a comment